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431 Nephele

431 Nephele is a large Themistian asteroid. It is spectral C-type and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 18 December 1897 in Nice.

References

  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ a b c d "431 Nephele (1897 DN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1): 589–602. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.