(9480) Inti

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Asteroid
(9480) Inti
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1260  AU
eccentricity 0.1547
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6423 AU - 3.6097 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.5871 °
Length of the ascending node 355.0102 °
Argument of the periapsis 62.2074 °
Sidereal period 5.53 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.86 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2553 PL , 1982 SE 10 , 1993 SF 7
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(9480) Inti is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .

The asteroid was named on April 2, 1999 after Inti , the sun god in Inca mythology .

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