Editing 342 Endymion

{{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>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{AstDys|342}}
* {{JPL small body}}

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[[Category:König asteroids|000342]]
[[Category:Discoveries by Max Wolf]]
[[Category:Named minor planets]]
[[Category:C-type asteroids (Tholen)|000342]]
[[Category:Ch-type asteroids (SMASS)|000342]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1892|18921017]]


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