5160 Camoes

5160 Camoes
Discovery [1]
Discovered byH. Debehogne
E. R. Netto
Discovery siteESO–La Silla Obs.
Discovery date23 December 1979
Designations
(5160) Camoes
Named after
Luís de Camões
(Portuguese poet)[2]
1979 YO · 1988 BB3
main-belt · (inner)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc37.22 yr (13,593 days)
Aphelion2.5715 AU
Perihelion2.2316 AU
2.4016 AU
Eccentricity0.0708
3.72 yr (1,359 days)
209.42°
0° 15m 53.28s / day
Inclination8.2916°
129.14°
156.49°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.984±0.137[3]
9±3 km (calculated)[4]
0.259±0.075[3]
13.3[1]

5160 Camoes, provisional designation 1979 YO, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 23 December 1979, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne and Brazilian astronomer Edgar Netto at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.[5] It was later named for Portuguese poet Luís de Camões.[2]

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