62 Erato
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| Orbital characteristics 1 | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt (Themis) |
| Semimajor axis | 3.121 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.562 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.681 AU |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Inclination | 2.22° |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Physical characteristics 1 | |
| Diameter | 95.4 km |
| Rotation period 3 | 8 hours |
| Spectral class | C? |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.76 |
| Albedo 4 | 0.061 |
| History 2 | |
| Discoverer | O. Lesser, W. Forster, 1860 |
62 Erato (e-ray'-toh) is a large and dark, probably carbonaceous main belt asteroid. It is a member of the Themis asteroid family.
Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860. It was their first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology.
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