287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 25, 1889, in Clinton, New York and named after the goddess, Nephthys in Egyptian mythology.[4] It is classified as an S-type asteroid.
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "287 Nephthys", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Warner, Brian D. (December 2007), "Initial Results of a Dedicated H-G Project", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 34, pp. 113–119, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..113W.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (PDF), Springer, p. 38, ISBN 3642297188
External links
- 287 Nephthys at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 287 Nephthys at the JPL Small-Body Database
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