1162 Larissa

1162 Larissa [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery date 1930-Jan-05
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 4.3733514 AU
Perihelion 3.4905336 AU
Semi-major axis 3.9319425 AU
Eccentricity 0.1122623
Orbital period 2847.7977861 days
7.80 years
Mean anomaly 216.87777 °
Inclination 1.88756 °
Longitude of ascending node 39.82767 °
Argument of perihelion 211.85610 °
Dimensions diameter 44.6 km
Geometric albedo 0.1485  
Absolute magnitude (H) 9.44 mag

1162 Larissa is an outer main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 45 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 8 years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on January 5, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 AC.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1162. Retrieved October 17, 2007.