161 Athor

161 Athor

A three-dimensional model of 161 Athor based on its light curve.
Discovery[1]
Discovered by James Craig Watson
Discovery site Detroit Observatory
Discovery date 19 April 1876
Designations
MPC designation 161
Named after
 Hathor
Main belt[2]
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 116.50 yr (42551 d)
Aphelion 2.70593 AU (404.801 Gm)
Perihelion 2.05285 AU (307.102 Gm)
2.37939 AU (355.952 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.137237
3.67 yr (1340.6 d)
348.807°
0° 16m 6.737s / day
Inclination 9.05986°
18.6090°
295.007°
Earth MOID 1.0586 AU (158.36 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.59631 AU (388.402 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.510
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 44.19±3.3 km[2]
Mean diameter[4]
47.0±0.2 km
circular fit[5]
7.280 h (0.3033 d)[2]
7.281 ± 0.001 hours[6]
7.288 ± 0.007 hours[7]
0.1980±0.033[2][4]
M[8]
9.15[2][9]

    161 Athor is an M-type Main belt asteroid that was discovered by James Craig Watson on April 19, 1876, at the Detroit Observatory[1] and named after Hathor, an Egyptian fertility goddess. An occultation by Athor was observed, on October 15, 2002, resulting in an estimated diameter of 47.0 kilometres (29.2 mi).[5]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "161 Athor". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
    3. ↑ "(161) Athor". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
    4. 1 2 Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
    5. 1 2 Dunham & Herald (2008). "Asteroid Occultations". EAR-A-3-RDR-OCCULTATIONS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
    6. ↑ Pilcher & Higgins (2008). "Period Determination for 161 Athor". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 35 (4): 147. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..147P.
    7. ↑ Debehogne & Zappala (1980). "Photoelectric lightcurves of the asteroids 139 Juewa and 161 Athor, obtained with the 50 CM photometric telescope at ESO, La Silla". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 42: 85–89. Bibcode:1980A&AS...42...85D.
    8. ↑ Neese (2005). "Asteroid Taxonomy". EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V5.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
    9. ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2008.

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