871 Amneris

871 Amneris
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 14 May 1917
Designations
1917 BY
Main belt
Amneris family
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.93 yr (39786 days)
Aphelion 2.4891 AU (372.36 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9555 AU (292.54 Gm)
2.2223 AU (332.45 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.12006
3.31 yr (1210.0 d)
340.333°
 17m 51.036s / day
Inclination 4.2509°
158.026°
66.284°
Earth MOID 0.951075 AU (142.2788 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.48888 AU (372.331 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.635
Physical characteristics
12.6

    871 Amneris is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is the namesake of the Amneris family, a subgroup of the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.

    This asteroid was named after Amneris, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.

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