(8319) Antiphanes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named after the Greek comic poet Antiphanes (408-330 B.C.). Today 119 complete titles and about 300 fragments are known. He wrote parodies of Sophocles, Euripides and many different characters and professions.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Antiphanes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Antiphanes is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8319 |
| Provisional designation | 3365 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,967 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 2.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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