(71) Niobe, groups of mercurial people

(71) Niobe is a main belt asteroid discovered in August of 1861.

The orbit is located at the center of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.27 AU and an aphelion of 3.23 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.75 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 211 days. It has an inclination of 23.2º. It has a diameter of aboout 81 km.

A star occultation occurred in August of 2009.

Orbital resonance:
1:19 with Mercury (99.9%)
7:17 with Mars (99.7%)
13:5 with Jupiter (99.6%)
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17:12 with Sylvia (99.9%)
7:6 with Interamnia (99.9%)
12:11 with Psyche (99.9%)
18:13 with Cybele (99.8%)
11:9 with Euphrosyne (99.8%)


Greek mythology

Niobe, queen of the city of Thebes, based her happiness in her large family: seven sons and seven daughters, all of great beauty.

(71) Niobe is related with environments of much stimulation, such as sport teams or amusement parks and fairs. But above all, with groups of mercurial people, working together to find intelligent solutions (1:19 resonance with Mercury), for example in working meetings or academic groups of preteens (age that corresponds to the cusp of the 3rd House).

"Star Trek" (2009)