27 Euterpe

**27 Euterpe**
Discovery ^A

Discoverer	J. R. Hind
Discovery date	November 8, 1853
Alternate designations ^B	1945 KB
Category	Main belt
Orbital elements ^C
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.172
Semi-major axis (a)	351.259 G m (2.348 AU)
Perihelion (q)	290.966 Gm (1.945 AU)
Aphelion (Q)	411.552 Gm (2.751 AU)
Orbital period (P)	1314.171 d (3.60 a)
Mean orbital speed	19.29 km/s
Inclination (i)	1.584°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	94.807°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	356.754°
Mean anomaly (M)	126.457°
Physical characteristics ^D
Dimensions	124×75 km ^†
Mass	9.3×10¹⁷? kg
Density	2.0? g/cm³
Surface gravity	0.0268? m/s²
Escape velocity	0.0508? km/s
Rotation period	0.4338 d (10.41 h) ^[1]
Spectral class	S
Absolute magnitude	7.0
Albedo (geometric)	0.162 ^[2]
Mean surface temperature	~178 K

27 Euterpe (ew-ter'-pee (key), IPA: [ju:'tɜ:pi]) is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. R. Hind on November 8, 1853 and named after Euterpe, the Muse of music in Greek mythology.

[edit] Aspects

Stationary, retrograde	Opposition	Distance to Earth (AU)	Maximum brightness (mag)	Stationary, prograde	Conjunction to Sun
28 August 2005	15 March 2006	1.55966	10.2	3 May 2006	23 June 2006
23 December 2006	23 June 2007	1.56395	10.2	11 August 2007	30 September 2007
14 April 2008	26 December 2008	1.03834	8.8	4 February 2009	16 March 2009
26 October 2009	22 April 2010	1.72775	10.4	13 June 2010	5 August 2010
28 January 2011	22 August 2011	1.21276	9.3	4 October 2011	18 November 2011
17 July 2012	22 February 2013	1.40927	9.8	10 April 2013	28 May 2013
6 December 2013	1 June 2014	1.66918	10.4	22 July 2014	12 September 2014
15 March 2015	17 November 2015	0.95942	8.4	25 December 2015	31 January 2016
2 October 2016	4 April 2017	1.67605	10.4	25 May 2017	16 July 2017
10 January 2018	21 July 2018	1.39418	9.8	6 September 2018	24 October 2018
31 May 2019	31 January 2020	1.22939	9.4	14 March 2020	27 April 2020
18 November 2020	12 May 2021	1.72526	10.4	3 July 2021	25 August 2021

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