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496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168.

This object has a very low rate of spin, requiring 44.67 days (1,072 h) to complete a full rotation.

References

1. "Gryphius". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
2. "496 Gryphia (1902 KH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/taxonomy.html Archived March 10, 2007, at archive.today
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Pilcher, Frederick; et al. (July 2017). "299 Thora and 496 Gryphia: Two More Very Slowly Rotating Asteroids". Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. 44 (3): 270–274. Bibcode:2017MPBu...44..270P.

External links

• 496 Gryphia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 496 Gryphia at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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