1863 Antinous

Minor Planet
name = 1863 Antinous
discoverer = C. A. Wirtanen
discovery_date = March 7, 1948
designations = 1948 EA
category = Apollo, Mars crosser
epoch = January 1, 2006 (JD 2453736.5 )
semimajor = 337.98 Gm (2.26 AU)
perihelion = 132.90 Gm (0.89 AU)
aphelion = 543.06 Gm (3.63 AU)
eccentricity = .61
period = 1240.35 d 3.40 a
inclination = 18.40°
asc_node = 346.60°
arg_peri = 267.97°
mean_anomaly = 341.71°
speed =17.84 km/s
dimensions =2 km
mass =
density =
gravity =
escape_velocity =
rotation =7.46 h
spectral_class = Sq
abs_mag =15.54
albedo = .24
temperature =

1863 Antinous is an Apollo and Mars crosser asteroid, discovered in 1948 by Carl A. Wirtanen. It was named after Antinous of Greek mythology.

In the 20th century Antinous passed within 30 Gm of the Earth five times; it will do so only once in the 21st. The nearest distance increases each time, from 26 to 29 Gm.

References

* [http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/cgi-bin/get.cgi Catchall Catalog of Minor Planets]
* [http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:Antinous;main NeoDys]
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* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.html jpl horizons]
* [telnet://horizons.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 jpl horizons telnet]

"See also": List of asteroids