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22 Kalliope
Discovery
Discovered by John Russell Hind
Discovery date November 16, 1852
Designations
none
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch November 12, 2005 (JD 2453686.5)
Aphelion 479.931 Gm (3.208 AU)
Perihelion 390.433 Gm (2.610 AU)
435.182 Gm (2.909 AU)
Eccentricity 0.103
1812.245 d (4.96 a)
17.42 km/s
303.545°
Inclination 13.710°
66.240°
356.172°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 215×180×150 km
Mass 6.3 ± 0.5 ×1018 kg
Mean density
2.03 ± 0.16 g/cm³
0.038 m/s²
0.09 km/s
0.1728 d (4.148 h)
Albedo 0.142
Temperature ~161 K
max: 240 K (-32°C)
Spectral type
M
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22 Kalliope is a big main belt asteroid of the M-type, found by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry.

Characteristics

Kalliope is about 180 km in diameter but is not perfectly round, as shown by images from the VLT at the European Southern Observatory

Its spectrum is M-type, but Kalliope does not appear to be metallic. It is similar to other M-types such as 21 Lutetia. Firstly, its density is far too low to be metal. Second, spectroscopic studies have shown evidence of hydrated minerals and silicates, so the surface is probably stony. Kalliope also has a low radar albedo, unlike most metallic surfaces.

Lightcurve analysis indicates that Kalliope's pole most likely points towards ecliptic coordinates (β, λ) = (-23°, 20°) with a 10° uncertainty, which gives Kalliope an axial tilt of 103°. Kalliope's rotation is then a bit retrograde.

Moon

Kalliope has one known moon, Linus, or (22) Kalliope I Linus. It is quite big: 30–40 km in diameter. It orbits about 1065 km from Kalliope. This is about 12 times the radius of Kalliope. Linus was found on August 29, 2001 by Jean-Luc Margot and Michael E. Brown, while another team also independently found the moon 3 days later.


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