(279) Thule

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(279 ) Thule is an asteroid of the outer main asteroid belt, which was discovered on October 25, 1888 by Johann Palisa.

Thule moves to the outer boundary of the main belt. Therefore he was named after the mythical island of Thule, which was regarded as the extreme limit of the known world in ancient times.

Thule runs at a distance of 4.2240 ( perihelion ) to 4.3297 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 8,845 years of the sun, wherein the web has a 3:4 resonance with the planet Jupiter. The orbit is inclined with 2.3381 ° low to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.0124.

With a diameter of 127 kilometers Thule is one of the larger asteroids of the main belt. He has a dark, carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.041. In 7.440 hours to rotate about its own axis.