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196 Philomela
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SMALL CELESTIAL BODY
196 Philomela. A journey of about 5.5 years around the Sun.
Discover 196 Philomela in the main asteroid belt, with an orbital semi-major axis of about 3.12 astronomical units and a reported diameter of roughly 145 km, then explore its place in the Solar System on the SPACE-di interactive map.
naif:
2000196
Reference material: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3D render credits
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196 Philomela: exploring our Solar System’s small worlds…
196 Philomela is a small body in the Solar System, our region of space within the universe. The Sun is the star at the centre of this system. Explore its story and place in our planetary neighbourhood, then find it on the interactive 3D space map.
196 Philomela — A catalogued small Solar System body. Its inclusion here reflects scientific, historical or mission relevance rather than completeness of the known population.