Name: PALLAS ( dwarf Planet)

Radios: Pallas has an ellipsoidal shape with radial dimensions of 275 × 258 × 238 km,
equivalent to a sphere with a diameter of 513 km—i.e., about 15 percent of the diameter of the
Moon. Pallas’s albedo (reflectivity) is 0.15. Its mass is about 1.2 × 1020 kg, and its density is
about 3.4 grams per cubic cm (about that of the Moon). Pallas turns once on its axis every 7.8
hours. Compositionally, Pallas resembles the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Its surface is
known to contain hydrated minerals.

Orbital period: Pallas's orbital inclination of 34.8° is rather large, but its moderate orbital
eccentricity (0.23), a mean distance from the Sun of 2.77 astronomical units (about 414 million
km [257 million miles]), and orbital period of 4.62 years are typical for asteroids located between
the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Age: Unknown

Density: Pallas's albedo (reflectivity) is 0.15. Its mass is about 1.2 × 1020 kg, and its density is
about 3.4 grams per cubic cm (about that of the Moon).

Gravity: Although not perfectly round, 2 Pallas has enough gravity to have become almost a
sphere shape, much rounder than most of the rocky asteroids around it.

Year discovered: March 28, 1802.

Who discovered: Pallas was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus
Olbers on March 28, 1802.