1912 Anubis
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Leiden, from Palomar Observatory plates |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1912 |
Named after | Anubis |
| 6534 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1823469 |
| Perihelion | 2.6197781 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0969591 |
| 1804.8206760 | |
| 197.77932 | |
| Inclination | 3.16128 |
| 76.38800 | |
| 316.86500 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.4 | |
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1912 Anubis (6534 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden from Schmidt plates taken at the Palomar Observatory by Tom Gehrels. It is named after the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "New Names of Minor Planets", Minor Planet Circular (Cambridge, Mass: Minor Planet Center) (MPC 5013), 1 Nov 1979, ISSN 0736-6884
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