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 designation | 1932 HA |
Classification | Apollo, Venus-crosser, Mars-crosser |
Notes | lost and not recovered until 1973 |
Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch | 2450567,5 |
Semi major axis | 1,4712 AU |
Period [Julian yrs] | 1,784 Julian years |
Inclination | 6,356 ° |
Eccentricity | 0,5600 |
Lon. of ascending node | 35,919 ° |
Argument of perihelion | 285,651 ° |
Passage of perihelion | 1996-Oct-15.444527 |
Aphelion distance | 2,2951 AU |
Mean anomaly | 108,014 ° |
Physical Data
Radius | 0,75 km |
Rotation period | 3,065 days |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 16,25 |
Magnitude Slope (G) | 0,09 |
Color index (B-V) | 0,819 |
Geometric albedo | 0,25 |
Spectral class | Q |
Discovery Circumstances
Discoverer | Karl Reimuth |
Discovered | 1932-04-24 |
Data File
Data File Name | 1862_Apollo.aed |
Data File Date | 2006-07-19 |
Data File Size | 2714 kB |
Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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