(4161) Amasis

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Asteroid
(4161) Amasis
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0710  AU
eccentricity 0.09555
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7902 AU - 3.3458 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.265 °
Sidereal period 5,382 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.00 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ?
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ van Houten ,
I. van Houten-Groeneveld
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 6627 PL, 1982 VF 3
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.

(4161) Amasis is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .

The asteroid was named after the Egyptian pharaoh Amasis .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Paul Herget and Tom Gehrels: The Palomar-Leiden Survey of Faint Minor Planets. (PDF) 1970, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on June 19, 2010 (English, 11.7 MB).
  2. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers (Alphabetically) . Cfa.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 19, 2010.

Web links

  • (4161) Amasis in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).