672 Astarte

Main-belt asteroid

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Discovered by| August Kopff
Discovery site| Heidelberg
Discovery date| 21 September 1908
Designations

MPC designation

| (672) Astarte
Pronunciation| /əˈstɑːrtiː/[1]

Alternative designations

| 1908 DY
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc| 109.04 yr (39826 d)
Aphelion| 2.9012 AU (434.01 Gm)
Perihelion| 2.2093 AU (330.51 Gm)

Semi-major axis

| 2.5553 AU (382.27 Gm)
Eccentricity| 0.13538

Orbital period (sidereal)

| 4.08 yr (1492.0 d)

Mean anomaly

| 199.236°

Mean motion

| 0° 14m 28.644s / day
Inclination| 11.125°

Longitude of ascending node

| 343.936°

Argument of perihelion

| 308.810°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions| 28.5±1.3 km[3]
32.3±1.0 km[3]

Synodic rotation period

| 22.572 h (0.9405 d)

Absolute magnitude (H)

| 11.5

672 Astarte is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

## References

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1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
2. ^ "672 Astarte (1908 DY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. ^ a b Choukroun, A.; Marciniak, A.; Ďurech, J.; Perła, J.; Ogłoza, W.; Szakats, R.; Molnar, L.; Pal, A.; Monteiro, F. (2025). "Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations". arXiv:2505.09437 [astro-ph.EP].

## External links

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* 672 Astarte at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
* Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
* 672 Astarte at the JPL Small-Body Database
* Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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