Asteroid
A metal rich asteroid shaped like a dog bone, with two small moons circling its elongated body.
| Type | Asteroid |
|---|---|
| Distance from the Sun | 2.79 AU |
| Diameter | 122 km |
| Mass | 2.97 × 10^18 kg |
| Temperature | -106°C |
| Orbital period | 1,706 days |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.1 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 1880 |
At 122 km across, 216 Kleopatra is 1.0 percent of the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is less than a thousandth of the mass of Earth.
It keeps an average distance of 2.794 AU from the Sun, so sunlight takes 23 minutes to reach it.
A single orbit takes 4.7 years.
An average temperature of 167 K works out at -106 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 1880.
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