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{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox planet | minorplanet=yes | background=#D6D6D6 | name=342 Endymion | discoverer=[[Max Wolf]] | discovered=17 October 1892 | mpc_name=(342) Endymion | pronounced={{IPAc-en|ɛ|n|'|d|ɪ|m|i|ə|n}}<ref>{{MW|Endymion}}</ref> |image= Орбита астероида 342.png |caption=Orbital diagram | alt_names=1892 K | named_after=[[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]] | mp_category=[[Asteroid belt|Main belt]]<br />[[König family|König]]{{·}}[[Bower family|Bower]] | epoch=31 July 2016 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2457600.5) | semimajor={{Convert|2.56883|AU|Gm|abbr=on}} | perihelion={{Convert|2.24079|AU|Gm|abbr=on}} | aphelion={{Convert|2.89687|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}} | eccentricity=0.12770 | period=4.12 [[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (1503.8 [[Julian year (astronomy)|d]]) | inclination=7.34850° | asc_node=232.690° | arg_peri=224.708° | mean_anomaly=335.858[[Degree (angle)|°]] | dimensions={{val|60.63|2.8|ul=km}} | mass= | density= | rotation={{Convert|6.319|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}} | spectral_type= | abs_magnitude=10.22 | albedo={{val|0.0393|0.004}} | mean_motion={{Deg2DMS|0.239387|sup=ms}} / day | orbit_ref=<ref name="jpldata" /> | observation_arc=115.38 yr (42141 d) | uncertainty=0 }} '''342 Endymion''' is a large [[Asteroid belt|Main belt]] [[asteroid]].<ref name="jpldata">{{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=342;cad=1 |title=342 Endymion (1892 K) |work=[[JPL Small-Body Database]] |publisher=[[NASA]]/[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] |access-date=11 May 2016}}</ref> It was discovered by [[Max Wolf]] on 17 October 1892 in [[Heidelberg]]. It was the first asteroid to receive the name of a male god.<ref>[[Lutz D. Schmadel]], ''Dictionary of minor planet names (6th Edition)'', p. 42. Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 2012, {{ISBN|3-642-29717-X}}</ref>
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