Asteroid 1864 Daedalus
Named after Daedalus, an inventor in Greek mythology. He fashioned the wings with which he and his son Icarus escaped from Crete after their imprisonment by Minos.
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Alternate designation | 1971 FA |
Classification | Apollo, NEO |
Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch | 2451323,5 |
Semi major axis | 1,4612 AU |
Period [Julian yrs] | 1,766 Julian years |
Inclination | 22,182 ° |
Eccentricity | 0,6147 |
Lon. of ascending node | 6,772 ° |
Argument of perihelion | 325,475 ° |
Passage of perihelion | 1999-Nov-26.719011 |
Aphelion distance | 2,3593 AU |
Mean anomaly | 256,365 ° |
Physical Data
Radius | 1,85 km |
Rotation period | 8,572 days |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 14,85 |
Magnitude Slope (G) | 0,15 |
Color index (B-V) | 0,83 |
Spectral class | Sr |
Discovery Circumstances
Discoverer | Tom Gehrels |
Discovered | 1971-03-24 |
Data File
Data File Name | 1864_Daedalus.aed |
Data File Date | 2006-07-19 |
Data File Size | 2714 kB |
Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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