18 Melpomene

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Template:Minor Planet 18 Melpomene (mel-pom'-a-nee) is a large, bright Main belt asteroid. It is composed of silicates and metals.

It was discovered by J. R. Hind on June 24, 1852 and named after Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology.

Melpomene occulted the star SAO 114159 on December 11, 1978. A possible Melpomenean satellite with a diameter at least 37 km was detected. The satellite candidate received a provisional designation S/1978 (18) 1 [1].

Melpomene was observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993. It was able to resolve the asteroid's slightly elongated shape, but no satellites were detected [2].

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Aspects

Stationary, retrograde	Opposition	Minimum distance (AU)	Maximum brightness (mag)	Stationary, prograde	Conjunction to Sun
May 3rd 2005	June 18th, 2005	1,36417	9.5	August 8 2005	March 28 2006
December 6th 2006	January 23rd 2007	1,32017	9.2	March 7 2007	September 19 2007
March 10th 2008	April 27th 2008	1,76391	10.3	June 23rd 2008	December 22nd 2009
September 13th 2009	October 11th 2009	0,81575	7.9	November 17th 2009	July 29 2010
January 29th 2011	March 17th 2011	1,75235	10.2	May 10 2011	November 3 2011
May 9th 2012	June 24th 2012	1,30874	9.4	August 12th 2012	April 10 2013
December 11th 2013	January 28th 2014	1,36947	9.3	March 13th 2014	September 22nd 2014
March 15th 2015	May 2nd 2015	1,74544	10.3	June 28th 2015	December 29th 2015
September 25th 2016	October 23rd 2016	0,83255	8.0	December 1st 2016	August 3rd 2017
February 1st 2018	March 21st 2018	1,76916	10.2	May 14th 2018	November 6th 2018
May 17th 2019	July 2nd 2019	1,25075	9.2	August 18th 2019	April 24th 2018
December 16th 2020	February 2nd 2021	1,41678	9.4	March 19th 2021	September 26th 2021