274 Philagoria

274 Philagoria
	Shape of Philagoria from modeled lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered by	Johann Palisa
Discovery date	3 April 1888
Designations
MPC designation	(274) Philagoria
Pronunciation	/fɪləˈɡɔːriə/
Named after	Philagoria, a club in Olmütz
Alternative designations	A888 GA
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	123.04 yr (44940 d)
Aphelion	3.40817 AU (509.855 Gm)
Perihelion	2.67875 AU (400.735 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.04346 AU (455.295 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.11983
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.31 yr (1939.3 d)
Mean anomaly	45.5293°
Mean motion	0° 11m 8.275s / day
Inclination	3.67769°
Longitude of ascending node	92.8085°
Argument of perihelion	119.376°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	26.57±2.4 km
Synodic rotation period	17.938 h (0.7474 d)
Geometric albedo	0.2282±0.047
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.0

Philagoria (minor planet designation: 274 Philagoria) is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 3 April 1888 in Vienna.[2] He named it for Philagoria, a club in Olmütz (Olomouc).[3]

References

"274 Philagoria". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
Lutz D. Schmadel (10 June 2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-642-29718-2.
Schmadel, Lutz D. (11 November 2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783662066157 – via Google Books.

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