1996 Adams

1996 Adams

Minor Planet
name=1996 Adams
discoverer=Indiana Asteroid Program
discovery_date=October 16, 1961
designations=1932 RM; mp|1961 TB|2; 1961 UA; mp|1969 TW|2; mp|1971 BY|1; mp|1973 SJ|3
category=Main belt
epoch=June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
semimajor=382.720 Gm (2.558 AU)
perihelion=329.535 Gm (2.203 AU)
aphelion=435.905 Gm (2.914 AU)
eccentricity=0.139
period=1494.625 d (4.09 a)
inclination=15.141°
asc_node=1.154°
arg_peri=354.815°
mean_anomaly=352.836°
speed=18.53 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=12.1
albedo=0.10?
temperature=~174 K

1996 Adams is the name of an asteroid that was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named in honour of John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer who, simultaneously with Urbain Le Verrier, predicted the existence and position of Neptune.

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