Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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871 Amneris | |
Mpc Name: | (871) Amneris |
Alt Names: | 1917 BY |
Mp Category: | Main belt Amneris family |
Discovered: | 14 May 1917 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.12006 |
Semimajor: | 2.2223AU |
Perihelion: | 1.9555AU |
Aphelion: | 2.4891abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 3.31 yr (1210.0 d) |
Inclination: | 4.2509° |
Asc Node: | 158.026° |
Arg Peri: | 66.284° |
Abs Magnitude: | 12.6 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 108.93 yr (39786 days) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
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.[2]