(11) Parthenope
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(11 ) Parthenope is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on May 11, 1850 by Annibale de Paris as gas eleventh asteroid. It was named after celestial bodies Parthenope, one of the sirens from Greek mythology.
Parthenope moves at a distance of 2.2103 ( perihelion ) to 2.6949 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 3.8411 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 4.6223 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.1.
Parthenope has a diameter of 162 kilometers. It has a relatively bright silicate surface with an albedo of 0.18. While the opposition Parthenope reaches a brightness of 8.9 mag. Making it one of the brightest asteroids in the night sky. To find it, however, you need a telescope or a bright prism binoculars.