(204) Kallisto

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(204 ) Callisto is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on October 8, 1879 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters.

It was named after celestial bodies Kallisto, a lover of Zeus in Greek mythology.

Callisto moves at a distance of 2.2130 ( perihelion ) to 3.1314 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 4,368 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 8.2716 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.1718.

Callisto has a diameter of 49 kilometers. It has a relatively bright surface with an albedo of 0.208. In 14 hours and 6 minutes to rotate about its own axis.

In addition to the asteroid Kallisto also carries a moon of the planet Jupiter this name ( see Callisto ( moon) )