Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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967 Helionape | |
Mpc Name: | (967) Helionape |
Alt Names: | 1921 KV; A922 AB |
Discovered: | 9 November 1921 |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 91.53 yr (33433 days) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.16807 |
Semimajor: | 2.2257AU |
Perihelion: | 1.8516AU |
Aphelion: | 2.5998abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 3.32 yr (1212.8 d) |
Inclination: | 5.4125° |
Asc Node: | 82.358° |
Arg Peri: | 231.930° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Abs Magnitude: | 11.8 |
Rotation: | 3.234abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
967 Helionape is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids. It was discovered by German astronomer Walter Baade at Hamburg Observatory on November 9, 1921, and was named after the Austrian theatrical actor Adolf von Sonnenthal. This object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of 3.32 years and an eccentricity of 0.168. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 5.4° to the ecliptic.[1]
Its diameter is about 12 km and it has an albedo of 0.178.https://web.archive.org/web/20090817051318/http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/imps.html Photometric observations in 2007 generated a light curve showing a rotation period of . The brightness amplitude during the measured period was magnitude.