1042 Amazone

1042 Amazone
Discovery
Discovered by	K. Reinmuth
Discovery site	Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date	22 April 1925
Designations
MPC designation	1042 Amazone
Named after	Amazons
Alternative designations	1925 HA
Minor planet category	main-belt (outer)
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	90.93 yr (33213 days)
Aphelion	3.5301 AU (528.10 Gm)
Perihelion	2.9400 AU (439.82 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.2350 AU (483.95 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.091200
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.82 yr (2125.3 d)
Mean anomaly	153.94°
Mean motion	0° 10m 9.804s / day
Inclination	20.681°
Longitude of ascending node	52.523°
Argument of perihelion	295.85°
Earth MOID	1.99966 AU (299.145 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.9173 AU (286.82 Gm)
TJupiter	3.078
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	36.82±0.9 km
Synodic rotation period	540 h (23 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0392±0.002
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.9

1042 Amazone, provisional designation 1925 HA, is an outer main-belt asteroid about 74 kilometers in diameter. It orbits the Sun between 2.9 and 3.2 AU with a period of 5.8 years and slowly rotates every 540 hours. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on April 22, 1925.^[1]

The asteroid was named after the Amazons, a race of woman warriors in Greek mythology. They had no men and joined with their neighbors, killed the sons and educated the daughters of whom the teats were burnt so that they could discharge the arrows more rapidly. The asteroids 271 Penthesilea and 10295 Hippolyta were named after queens of the Amazons, while 5143 Heracles was named after the hero who fought them.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1042 Amazone (1925 HA)" (2015-09-03 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1042) Amazone. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books* 1042 Amazone at the JPL Small-Body Database
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[jpldata-1] "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1042 Amazone (1925 HA)" (2015-09-03 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[springer-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1042) Amazone. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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