(209) Dido

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(209 ) Dido is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on 22 October 1879 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters.

It was named after celestial bodies Dido, the mythical, the first Queen of Carthage.

Dido moves at a distance of 2.9 ( perihelion ) to 3.3 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 5.6 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 3.8 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.04.

With a diameter of 160 kilometers Dido is one of the larger asteroids of the main belt. It has a very dark, carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.03. In about six hours it rotates around its own axis.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation Dido (Queen of Carthage) List of minor planets
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