308 Polyxo
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308 Polyxo is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on 31 March 1891, in Marseille. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of Script error: No such module "val". with a low orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.04 and a period of Template:Cvt. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 4.36° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]
308 Polyxo is classified as a rare T-type asteroid, with a spectrum that bears some similarity to the Tagish Lake meteorite.[2] A spectral feature at a wavelength of Script error: No such module "val". suggests aqueous alteration of some surface materials.[3] Photometric measurements reported in 1983 give a rotation period of 12.03 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 in magnitude. The adaptive optics instrument at the W. M. Keck Observatory shows an oblate object with a diameter of 130 km. The size ratio between the major and minor axes is 1.26 ± 0.11.[4] Light curves for this object suggests it has a very irregular shape.[3]
Stellar occultation events were observed for this asteroid during 2000 and 2004. The resulting chords provided cross-section diameter estimates of 144.4 and 117.1 km, respectively.[5]
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