1996 Adams
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Adams | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 16 October 1961 |
| Designations | |
| (1996) Adams | |
Named after | John Couch Adams (mathematician) |
| 1961 UA · 1932 RM 1961 TB2 · 1969 TW2 1971 BY1 · 1973 SJ3 | |
| main-belt Eunomia · Maria | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 55.66 yr (20,331 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9123 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2058 AU |
| 2.5591 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1380 |
| 4.09 yr (1,495 days) | |
| 259.97° | |
| 0° 14m 26.88s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.132° |
| 1.0923° | |
| 355.05° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 10.12±0.41 km 12.05±0.44 km 12.417±0.158 13.529±0.069 km 13.88 km (calculated) |
| 3.27±0.02 h 3.311±0.001 h 3.31138±0.00006 h 3.316±0.079 h h 3.560 h | |
| 0.1405±0.0118 0.177±0.014 0.183±0.053 0.21 (assumed) 0.395±0.066 | |
| S | |
| 11.6 · 11.06±0.14 · 12.1 | |
1996 Adams, provisional designation 1961 UA, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 October 1961, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. It was later named after mathematician John Couch Adams.