897 Lysistrata /laɪˈsɪstrətə/ is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on August 3, 1918.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]
References
- ^ 'Lysistrate' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "897 Lysistrata", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114 (1): 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
External links
- 897 Lysistrata at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 897 Lysistrata at the JPL Small-Body Database
