(259) Aletheia

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(259 ) Aletheia is an asteroid of the outer main asteroid belt, which was discovered on June 28, 1886 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters at the observatory of Clinton (USA).

The name Aletheia indicates a term from ancient Greek philosophy and refers to the truth that attends all recognizable things.

Aletheia moves at a distance of 2.7561 ( perihelion ) to 3.5216 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 5.56 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 10.8181 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.1219.

With a diameter of 178.6 kilometers Aletheia one of the larger asteroids of the main belt. It has a dark, carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.0436.

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