83 Beatrix

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name=83 Beatrix
discoverer=Annibale de Gasparis
discovered=April 26, 1865
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=363.776 Gm (2.432 AU)
perihelion=334.023 Gm (2.233 AU)
aphelion=393.528 Gm (2.631 AU)
eccentricity=0.082
period=1385.035 d (3.79 a)
inclination=4.966°
asc_node=27.800°
arg_peri=167.170°
mean_anomaly=141.862°
avg_speed=19.07 km/s
dimensions=81.4 km
mass=5.6e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0228 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0430 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=X
abs_magnitude=8.66
albedo=0.092 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~178 K

83 Beatrix "(bay'-ə-triks," IPAEng|ˈbeɪətrɪks, also "bee'-ə-triks," IPA|/ˈbiːətrɪks/) is a quite large asteroid orbiting in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 26, 1865. A diameter of at least 68 km was determined from the Beatrician stellar occultation observed on June 15, 1983. It is named for Beatrice Portinari, beloved of Dante Alighieri and immortalized by him in "La Vita Nuova" and "The Divine Comedy".

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