(897) Lysistrata Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 August 1918 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Lysistrata is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lysistrata is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 897 |
| Provisional designation | A918 PF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.3 km (#1,743 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.214 |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0935 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 August 1918
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- (332) Siri
- (333) Badenia
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- (339) Dorothea
- (340) Eduarda
- (341) California
- (342) Endymion
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