(81) Terpsichore

(81) Terpsichore is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on September 30, 1864 from the Marseille observatory, France. It is named after Terpsichore, a goddess from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Terpsichore is located at an average distance from the Sun of 2,856 AU, and can be as far away as 3,447 AU. Its orbital inclination is 7.801° and eccentricity 0.2073. It takes 1763 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.