1917 Cuyo
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | C. U. Cesco A. G. Samuel |
Discovery site | El Leoncito Complex |
Discovery date | 1 January 1968 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1917 Cuyo |
Named after
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Universidad Nacional de Cuyo[2] |
1968 AA | |
Amor, NEO | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 60.89 yr (22,239 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2347 AU |
Perihelion | 1.0667 AU |
2.1507 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.5040 |
3.15 yr (1152.0 days) | |
51.837° | |
Inclination | 23.931° |
188.33° | |
194.42° | |
Earth MOID | 0.0767 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 5.7 km |
2.6890 h | |
SMASS = Sl | |
13.9 | |
1917 Cuyo, provisional designation 1968 AA, is an Amor asteroid, discovered on January 1, 1968 by Carlos Cesco and A. G. Samuel at El Leoncito Observatory, Argentina.[1]
In 1989, this object was detected with radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.17 AU. The measured radar cross-section was 2.5 km2.[3] Based photometric observations and an assumed medium albedo of 0.15, the near-Earth asteroid measures about 5.7 kilometers in diameter.[1]
It is named in honor of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which operated the observatory at El Leoncito in collaboration with Columbia and Yale University. Cuyo is also the name of a region in central-west Argentina.[2]
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