(238) Hypatia

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(238 ) Hypatia is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on July 1, 1884 by Viktor Knorre at the Berlin Observatory.

It was named after celestial bodies Hypatia of Alexandria, a philosopher and mathematician who lived in the 4th century.

Hypatia moves at a distance of 2.6480 ( perihelion ) to 3.1645 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 4.9545 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 12.4081 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.0889.

With a diameter of 149 kilometers Hypatia one of the larger asteroids of the main belt. It has a dark, carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.043. In about 8 hours and 52 minutes to rotate around its own axis.