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1862 Apollo

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Also known as Apollo

asteroid

Key facts

Discovered by
K. Reinmuth
Discovery site
Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date
24 April 1932
Pronunciation
/ ə ˈ p ɒ l oʊ /
Named after
Apollo , (Greek mythology)
Alternative designations
1932 HA 24px (astrological)
Minor planet category
NEO · PHA , Venus-crosser , Mars-crosser , Apollo asteroids
Observation arc
95.27 yr (34796 days)
Earliest precovery date
24 April 1932
Aphelion
2.2945 AU (343.25 Gm )
Perihelion
0.64733 AU (96.839 Gm)
Semi major axis
1.4709 AU (220.04 Gm)
Orbital period sidereal
1.7840 yr (651.60 d )
Mean anomaly
113.88 °
Mean motion
0° 33 8.928 / day
Inclination
6.3514°
Longitude of ascending node
35.542°
Argument of perihelion
286.05°

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Wikidata facts

Diameter
1.5
Orbital period
651.6039225887832
Image
1862Apollo (Lightcurve Inversion).png
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orbital eccentricity
0.5599179930610263
provisional designation
1932 HA
time of discovery or invention
1932-04-24
Commons category
1862 Apollo
orbital inclination
6.351390019564655
albedo
0.25
absolute magnitude
16.08
periapsis
0.6473270985742849
apoapsis
2.294520504225118
semi-major axis of an orbit
1.470923801399701
mean anomaly
113.884536253593
longitude of ascending node
35.54161437708266
argument of periapsis
286.0509036767049
rotation period
3.065
time of periapsis
2460794.367748486
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Spectral type Q (Tholen, SMASS) B–V = 0.819 U–B = 0.481 Absolute magnitude (H) 16.09

1862 Apollo /əˈpɒloʊ/ is a stony asteroid, approximately 1.5 kilometers in diameter, classified as a near-Earth object (NEO). It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 24 April 1932, but was lost and not recovered until 1973.

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