(56) Melette

(56) Melete is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt from Paris, France, on September 9, 1857. It is named after Melete, a character from mythology Greek.

Orbital characteristics

Melete orbits at an average distance of 2,599 AU from the Sun, being able to get as close as 1,983 AU and as far as 3,214 AU. The eccentricity of it is 0.237 and the orbital inclination 8.074°. It takes 1530 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.