55576 Amycus

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55576 Amycus
V–R = 0.705±0.032[6]
~ 20[7]
7.8[1]

55576 Amycus

NEAT at Palomar.[1]

The minor planet was named for Amycus, a male centaur in Greek mythology.

It came to perihelion in February 2003.[1] Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope gave a diameter of 76.3±12.5 km.[4][5]

A low probability

asteroid occultation of star UCAC2 17967364 with an apparent magnitude of +13.8 was possible on 11 February 2009.[8] Another such event involving a star with an apparent magnitude of +12.9 occurred on 10 April 2014 at about 10:46 Universal Time, visible for observers in the southwest US and western Mexico.[9]

Near 3:4 resonance of Uranus

Amycus (2002 GB10) lies within 0.009 

The failed libration (resonance motion) of Amycus.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 55576 Amycus (2002 GB10)" (2007-08-15 last obs). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Marc W. Buie. "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 55576" (2003-06-22 using 73 of 81 observations). SwRI (Space Science Department). Archived from the original
    on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  4. ^ .
  5. ^ a b Wm. Robert Johnston (22 August 2008). "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects". Johnston's Archive. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  6. ^
    S2CID 54776793
    . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  7. ^ "AstDys (55576) Amycus Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  8. ^ Steve Preston (8 January 2009). "Star occultation by asteroid 55576 Amycus". IOTA (International Occultation Timing Association). Retrieved 28 December 2009.[dead link]
  9. ^ Hans-J. Bode; Filipe Braga Ribas; B. Sicardy (2013). "Bright Star Occultations by TNOs in 2014. J. Occultation Astronomy 2014-1". IOTA (International Occultation Timing Association). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. S2CID 16002759
    .
  11. .

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