1162 Larissa
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Reinmuth, K. |
| Discovery date | 5 January 1930 |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 86.28 yr (31514 days) |
| Aphelion | 4.3572099 AU (651.82932 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.4990853 AU (523.45571 Gm) |
| 3.9281476 AU (587.64252 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1092276 |
| 7.79 yr (2843.7 d) | |
| 263.27207° | |
| 0° 7m 35.748s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.887145° |
| 39.770148° | |
| 211.10117° | |
| Earth MOID | 2.48494 AU (371.742 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.683816 AU (102.2974 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.051 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 22.3 km |
| 6.516 h (0.2715 d) | |
| 0.1485±0.040 | |
| 9.44 | |
1162 Larissa is an outer main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 45 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 8 years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on January 5, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 AC.[1] Later it was named for the city in eastern Thessaly.[2]
In Fiction
Larissa appears in the novel "Coming Home" by Jack McDevitt (Ace Books, 2014).
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
