871 Amneris

871 Amneris

Name
Name Amneris
Designation 1917 BY
Discovery
Discoverer Max Wolf
Discovery date May 14, 1917
Discovery site Heidelberg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.120
Semimajor axis (a) 2.222 AU
Perihelion (q) 1.956 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.488 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.312 a
Inclination (i) 4.252°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 158.129°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 65.936°
Mean anomaly (M) 230.511°

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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