2063 Bacchus
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Discovery A | |
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Discoverer | Charles T. Kowal |
Discovery date | April 24, 1977 |
Alternate designations B |
1977 HB |
Category | Apollo asteroid |
Orbital elements C | |
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Eccentricity (e) | 0.349 |
Semi-major axis (a) | 161.269 Gm (1.078 AU) |
Perihelion (q) | 104.930 Gm (0.701 AU) |
Aphelion (Q) | 217.608 Gm (1.455 AU) |
Orbital period (P) | 408.825 d (1.12 a) |
Mean orbital speed | 27.79 km/s |
Inclination (i) | 9.435° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
33.187° |
Argument of perihelion (ω) |
55.214° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 206.604° |
Physical characteristics D | |
Dimensions | 1.1×1.1×2.6 km |
Mass | 3.3×1012 kg |
Density | 2? g/cm³ |
Surface gravity | 0.0004 m/s² |
Escape velocity | 0.0008 km/s |
Rotation period | 0.6208 d (14 h 54 min) 1 |
Spectral class | Q-type asteroid |
Absolute magnitude | 17.1 |
Albedo (geometric) | 0.56 |
Mean surface temperature |
~224 K |
The Apollo, Venus- and Mars-crosser asteroid 2063 Bacchus was discovered on April 24, 1977 by Charles T. Kowal at the Palomar Observatory. In March 1996 radar imaging of the asteroid was conducted at the Goldstone Observatory under the direction of JPL scientists Steven Ostro and Lance Benner. Optical observations were conducted by Petr Pravec, Marek Wolf, and Lenka Šarounová during March and April 1996.
The asteroid is thought to be about 1.1×1.1×2.6 km in size. It is classified as a Q-type asteroid.
Its name derives from the Roman god Bacchus.
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