161 Athor

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161 Athor
Synodic rotation period
7.280 h (0.3033 d)[4]
7.281 ± 0.001 hours[8]
7.288 ± 0.007 hours[9]
0.1980±0.033[4][6]
M[10]
9.15[4][11]

161 Athor is an M-type Main belt asteroid that was discovered by James Craig Watson on April 19, 1876, at the Detroit Observatory[1] and named after Hathor, an Egyptian fertility goddess. It is the namesake of a proposed Athor asteroid family, estimated to be ~3 billion years old.[12]

hydrated minerals.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  2. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ^ "Hathor, Athor". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  4. ^ a b c d e f "161 Athor". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ^ "(161) Athor". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  6. ^ a b Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Dunham & Herald (2008). "Asteroid Occultations". EAR-A-3-RDR-OCCULTATIONS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  8. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..147P
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  9. Bibcode:1980A&AS...42...85D
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  10. ^ Neese (2005). "Asteroid Taxonomy". EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V5.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on August 5, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  11. ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  12. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834745
    , A69.
  13. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..156P
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  14. ISBN 92-9092-810-7
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