23 Thalia
category=Main belt | epoch=June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5) | semimajor=393.073 Gm (2.628 AU) | perihelion=301.483 Gm (2.015 AU) | aphelion=484.663 Gm (3.240 AU) | eccentricity=0.233 | period=1555.679 (4.26 a) | inclination=10.145° | asc_node=67.228° | arg_peri=59.311° | mean_anomaly=328.687° | speed=18.12 km/s | dimensions=107.5 km | mass=1.3? kg | density=2.0? g/cm³ | gravity=0.0300? m/s² | escape_velocity=0.0568? km/s | rotation=0.5128 d (12.308 h) [1] | spectral_class=S | abs_mag=6.95 | albedo=0.2536 [2] | temperature=~164 K}}23 Thalia (thə-'lye-ə (key)) is a large main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15, 1852 and named after Thalia, the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry in Greek mythology.
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