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Asteroid 1862 Apollo


Named after Apollo, the archer-god of medicine and healing and also a bringer of death-dealing plague; as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) and director of their choir, he is a god of music and poetry in Greek and Roman mythology.

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Alternate designation1932 HA
ClassificationApollo, Venus-crosser, Mars-crosser
Noteslost and not recovered until 1973

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2450567,5
Semi major axis1,4712 AU
Period [Julian yrs]1,784 Julian years
Inclination6,356 °
Eccentricity0,5600
Lon. of ascending node35,919 °
Argument of perihelion285,651 °
Passage of perihelion1996-Oct-15.444527
Aphelion distance2,2951 AU
Mean anomaly108,014 °

Physical Data
Radius0,75 km
Rotation period3,065 days
Absolute magnitude (H)16,25
Magnitude Slope (G)0,09
Color index (B-V)0,819
Geometric albedo0,25
Spectral classQ

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererKarl Reimuth
Discovered1932-04-24

Data File
Data File Name1862_Apollo.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00