(466) Tisiphone Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 January 1901 by Wolf, M. F., Carnera, L. at Heidelberg.
Where Tisiphone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tisiphone is 3.27 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 466 |
| Provisional designation | A901 BB |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 95.5 km (#260 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 8.83 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.4 |
| Orbital period | 6.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.03 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0972 |
| Inclination | 19.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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