(55576) Amycus
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Asteroid (55576) Amycus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | centaur |
| Major semi-axis | 24.9479 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3919 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 15.1712 AU - 34.7246 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.3478 ° |
| Sidereal period | 124.61 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 7.46 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ≈ 76 km |
| Rotation period | 9.76 h |
| Absolute brightness | 7.46 likes |
| Spectral class | NEAT |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | April 8, 2002 |
| Another name | 2002 GB 10 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(55576) Amycus is an asteroid belonging to the group of centaurs .
It was discovered on April 8, 2002 as part of the NEAT project at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 644) in California .
It is named after the centaur Amykos , the son of Ophion , who attended the wedding ceremony of the Lapith king Peirithoos and was killed there in battle.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Amycus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Amycus in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (55576) Amycus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).