7225 Huntress
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | 22 January 1983 |
| Designations | |
| 7225 Huntress | |
Named after | Wesley T. Huntress |
| 1983 BH; 1989 XJ | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 19872 days (54.41 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.8169 AU (421.40 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8643 AU (278.90 Gm) |
| 2.3406 AU (350.15 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.20348 |
| 3.58 yr (1307.9 d) | |
| 77.148° | |
| 0° 16m 30.864s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.8704° |
| 275.74° | |
| 203.55° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.882701 AU (132.0502 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.30251 AU (344.451 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.527 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.43995 h (0.101665 d) | |
| S (SMASSII) | |
| 13.1 | |
7225 Huntress (1983 BH) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on January 22, 1983 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. A moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid in 2007 with an orbital period of 14 hours and 40 minutes.[2]
References
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7225 Huntress (1983 BH)" (2015-03-24 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Johnston, Robert. "(7225) Huntress". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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