1917 Cuyo
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
C. U. Cesco A. G. Samuel |
| Discovery site | El Leoncito Complex |
| Discovery date | 1 January 1968 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1917 Cuyo |
Named after | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo[2] |
| 1968 AA | |
| Amor, NEO | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 60.89 yr (22,239 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2347 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.0667 AU |
| 2.1507 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.5040 |
| 3.15 yr (1152.0 days) | |
| 51.837° | |
| Inclination | 23.931° |
| 188.33° | |
| 194.42° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0767 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.7 km |
| 2.6890 h | |
| SMASS = Sl | |
| 13.9 | |
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1917 Cuyo, provisional designation 1968 AA, is an Amor asteroid, discovered on January 1, 1968 by Carlos Cesco and A. G. Samuel at El Leoncito Observatory, Argentina.[1]
In 1989, this object was detected with radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.17 AU. The measured radar cross-section was 2.5 km2.[3] Based photometric observations and an assumed medium albedo of 0.15, the near-Earth asteroid measures about 5.7 kilometers in diameter.[1]
It is named in honor of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which operated the observatory at El Leoncito in collaboration with Columbia and Yale University. Cuyo is also the name of a region in central-west Argentina.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1917 Cuyo (1968 AA)" (2015-03-26 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1917) Cuyo. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 154. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Ostro, S. J.; et al. (October 1991), "Asteroid radar astrometry", Astronomical Journal 102, pp. 1490–1502, Bibcode:1991AJ....102.1490O, doi:10.1086/115975.
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