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{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| background=#D6D6D6
| name=79 Eurynome
| image = 79Eurynome (Lightcurve Inversion).png
| image_scale =
| caption=A three-dimensional model of 79 Eurynome based on its light curve.
| discoverer=[[James Craig Watson]]
| discovered=September 14, 1863
| mpc_name=(79) Eurynome
| alt_names=
| pronounced = {{IPAc-en|j|ʊ|ˈ|r|ɪ|n|ə|m|iː}}<ref>Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''</ref>
| adjective = Eurynomean,<ref>Barreto & de Sena (1980) ''The Poetry of Jorge de Sena'', p. 156</ref> Eurynomian<!--as per the Eurynomia-->
| named_after = [[Eurynome]]
| mp_category=[[Main belt]]
| epoch=December 31, 2006 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2454100.5)
| semimajor=365.743 Gm (2.445 [[Astronomical unit|AU]])
| perihelion=295.538 Gm (1.976 AU)
| aphelion=435.949 Gm (2.914 AU)
| eccentricity=0.192
| period=1396.288 d (3.82 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]])
| inclination=4.622°
| asc_node=206.802°
| arg_peri=200.384°
| mean_anomaly=149.498°
| avg_speed=18.87 km/s
| dimensions=66.5 km
| mass=
| density=
| rotation=5.978&nbsp;h
| spectral_type=[[S-type asteroid|S]]
| magnitude = 9.35 {{small|(brightest)}}<!-- Ephemeris 1993-Oct-21 -->
| abs_magnitude=7.96
| albedo=0.262<ref>[http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217104722/http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html |date=2009-12-17 }}</ref>
}}
'''79 Eurynome''' is a quite large and bright [[main-belt]] [[asteroid]] composed of [[silicate]] rock. Eurynome was discovered by [[James Craig Watson|J. C. Watson]] on September 14, 1863. It was his first asteroid discovery and is named after one of the many [[Eurynome]]s in [[Greek mythology]]. It is orbiting the [[Sun]] with a period of 3.82&nbsp;years and has a rotation period of six hours. This is the [[eponym]]ous member of a proposed [[asteroid family]] with at least 43 members, including [[477 Italia]] and [[917 Lyka]].<ref name=Bendjoya1993/>
== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Bendjoya1993>{{citation
| title=A Classification of 6479 Asteroids Into Families by Means of the Wavelet Clustering Method
| last1=Bendjoya | first1=P.
| journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement
| volume=102 | issue=1 | page=25 | date=November 1993
| bibcode=1993A&AS..102...25B | postscript=. }}</ref>
}} <!-- end of reflist -->
== External links ==
* {{AstDys|79}}
* {{JPL small body}}
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[[Category:Background asteroids]]
[[Category:Discoveries by James Craig Watson|Eurynome]]
[[Category:Named minor planets|Eurynome]]
[[Category:S-type asteroids (Tholen)]]
[[Category:S-type asteroids (SMASS)]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1863|18630914]]
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