100 Hekate
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100 Hekate is a large main-belt asteroid.
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Hekate is a stony S-type asteroid with a diameter of Script error: No such module "val". and a sidereal rotation period of Script error: No such module "val"..[1] It orbits in the same region of space as the Hygiea asteroid family, though it is actually an unrelated interloper. However, its geometric albedo of Script error: No such module "val".[1] is too high, and it is of the wrong spectral class to be part of the dark carbonaceous Hygiea family. It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter.[2]
Hekate was the 100th asteroid to be discovered, by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson (his fourth discovery) on July 11, 1868.[3] It is named after Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft in Greek mythology, but its name also commemorates it as the hundredth asteroid, as ἑκατόν (hekaton) is Greek for 'hundred'.
An occultation of a star by Hekate was observed on July 14, 2003, from New Zealand.
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