1042 Amazone
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 April 1925 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1042 Amazone |
Named after | Amazons[2] |
| 1925 HA | |
| main-belt (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 90.93 yr (33213 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5301 AU (528.10 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.9400 AU (439.82 Gm) |
| 3.2350 AU (483.95 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.091200 |
| 5.82 yr (2125.3 d) | |
| 153.94° | |
| 0° 10m 9.804s / day | |
| Inclination | 20.681° |
| 52.523° | |
| 295.85° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.99966 AU (299.145 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.9173 AU (286.82 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.078 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 36.82±0.9 km |
| 540 h (23 d) | |
| 0.0392±0.002 | |
| 9.9 | |
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1042 Amazone, provisional designation 1925 HA, is an outer main-belt asteroid about 74 kilometers in diameter. It orbits the Sun between 2.9 and 3.2 AU with a period of 5.8 years and slowly rotates every 540 hours. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on April 22, 1925.[1]
The asteroid was named after the Amazons, a race of woman warriors in Greek mythology. They had no men and joined with their neighbors, killed the sons and educated the daughters of whom the teats were burnt so that they could discharge the arrows more rapidly. The asteroids 271 Penthesilea and 10295 Hippolyta were named after queens of the Amazons, while 5143 Heracles was named after the hero who fought them.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1042 Amazone (1925 HA)" (2015-09-03 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1042) Amazone. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books* 1042 Amazone at the JPL Small-Body Database
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