3288 Seleucus

3288 Seleucus
Discovery [1]
Discovered byH.-E. Schuster
Discovery siteLa Silla Obs.
Discovery date28 February 1982
Designations
(3288) Seleucus
Pronunciation/sɪˈluːkəs/
Named after
Seleucus I Nicator
(Seleucid Empire)[2]
1982 DV
Amor · NEO [1][3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc35.34 yr (12,907 days)
Aphelion2.9605 AU
Perihelion1.1053 AU
2.0329 AU
Eccentricity0.4563
2.90 yr (1,059 days)
77.175°
0° 20m 24s / day
Inclination5.9306°
218.65°
349.29°
Earth MOID0.1029 AU · 40.1 LD
Physical characteristics
Dimensions2.2 km[4]
2.49±0.07 km[5]
2.8 km (Gehrels)[1]
2.832±1.100 km[6]
16 h (dated)[7]
75±5 h[8]
75 h[9]
0.139±0.127[6]
0.22 (Gehrels)[1]
0.23[4]
0.24±0.04[5]
S (Tholen) [1] · K (SMASS) [1] · S [10]
B–V = 0.910[1]
U–B = 0.500[1]
15.2[5] · 15.3[1] · 15.5[4][10] · 15.50±0.3[6] · 15.6±0.3[8]

3288 Seleucus, provisional designation 1982 DV, is a rare-type stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group of asteroids, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 February 1982, by German astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster at ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile.[3] It was named after the Hellenistic general and Seleucid ruler Seleucus I Nicator.[2]

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