129 Antigone

b>129 Antigone
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Orbital characteristics 1
a href="/encyclopedia/Orbit" title="Orbit">Orbit type Main belt
a href="/encyclopedia/Semimajor-axis" title="Semimajor axis">Semimajor axis 2.868 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Perihelion" title="Perihelion">Perihelion distance 2.256 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Aphelion" title="Aphelion">Aphelion distance 3.481 AU
a href="/encyclopedia/Orbital-period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period 4.86 years
a href="/encyclopedia/Inclination" title="Inclination">Inclination 12.22°
a href="/encyclopedia/Eccentricity" title="Eccentricity">Eccentricity 0.214
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics 1
a href="/encyclopedia/Diameter" title="Diameter">Diameter 125 km
a href="/encyclopedia/Rotation-period" title="Rotation period">Rotation period 4.957 hours
a href="/encyclopedia/Spectral-class" title="Spectral class">Spectral class 5 S
a href="/encyclopedia/Absolute-magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Abs. magnitude 7.07
a href="/encyclopedia/Albedo" title="Albedo">Albedo 4 0.166
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" | History 2
iscoverer C. H. F. Peters, 1873
129 Antigone is a large main belt asteroid. It is composed of almost pure nickel-iron. It and other similar asteroids probably originate from the core of a shattered Vesta-like planetesimal which had a differentiated interior. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on February 5, 1873 and named after Antigone, the Theban princess in Greek mythology. In 1979 a possible satellite of Antigone was suggested based on lightcurve data http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoonsq.html. A model constructed from these shows Antigone itself to be quite regularly shaped http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/~kaselain/thirty.pdf. Since 1985, a total of three stellar occultations by Antigone have been observed.
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