1996 Adams

1996 Adams
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Adams
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date16 October 1961
Designations
(1996) Adams
Named after
John Couch Adams
(mathematician)[2]
1961 UA · 1932 RM
1961 TB2 · 1969 TW2
1971 BY1 · 1973 SJ3
main-belt
Eunomia[3] · Maria[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc55.66 yr (20,331 days)
Aphelion2.9123 AU
Perihelion2.2058 AU
2.5591 AU
Eccentricity0.1380
4.09 yr (1,495 days)
259.97°
0° 14m 26.88s / day
Inclination15.132°
1.0923°
355.05°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions10.12±0.41 km[5]
12.05±0.44 km[6]
12.417±0.158[7]
13.529±0.069 km[8]
13.88 km (calculated)[3]
3.27±0.02 h[9]
3.311±0.001 h[a]
3.31138±0.00006 h[10]
3.316±0.079 h[b] h
3.560 h[4]
0.1405±0.0118[8]
0.177±0.014[6]
0.183±0.053[7]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.395±0.066[5]
S[3]
11.6[1][3][5] · 11.06±0.14[11] · 12.1[6][8]

1996 Adams, provisional designation 1961 UA, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 October 1961, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[12] It was later named after mathematician John Couch Adams.[2]

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