- 916 America
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
width = 25em
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
apsis =
name = 916 America
symbol =
caption =
discovery = yes
discovery_ref = cite web | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=916;orb=1 | title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser - 916 America (1915 S1) | accessdate=2007-12-21]
discoverer =G. N. Neujmin
discovered =7 August 1915
designations = yes
mp_name = 1915 S1
alt_names =
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =27 October 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
aphelion = 2.922 AU
perihelion = 1.807 AU
semimajor = 2.365 AU
eccentricity = 0.236
period = 3.64 a
avg_speed =
inclination = 11.097°
asc_node = 329.84°
mean_anomaly =
arg_peri = 41.538°
916 America is a
It was discovered on
In 1986, assuming that the asteroid was of S-type and that it had a diameter of 15km, the rotational period was measured to be 38 hours.cite journal | url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1986acm..proc...81D/0000084.000.html | title=A Photoelectric Program for Small and Unusual Asteroids | last=Dimartino | first=M. | journal=Asteroids, comets, meteors II; Proceedings of the International Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June 3-6, 1985. Uppsala, Sweden, Astronomiska Observatoriet | year=1986] Observations by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite have since shown that it has a diameter of 33.2±1.3 References
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