asteroid 1221 Amor

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Amor asteroid Mars-crossing asteroid asteroid minor planet named minor planet near-Earth asteroid

Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
1221 Amor 1
Amor-type near-Earth asteroids 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amor asteroid ⓘ
Mars-crossing asteroid ⓘ
asteroid ⓘ
minor planet ⓘ
named minor planet ⓘ
near-Earth asteroid ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_H 12.3 ⓘ
albedo ~0.15 ⓘ
alternativeDesignation 1932 EA ⓘ
aphelionBeyondOrbitOf Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
aphelionDistance_au 2.754 ⓘ
approaches Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
argumentOfPerihelion_deg 26.7 ⓘ
ascendingNodeLongitude_deg 171.0 ⓘ
belongsTo inner Solar System ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalClass Mars-crosser ⓘ
designation (1221) Amor NERFINISHED ⓘ
diameter_km ~10.3 ⓘ
discoveredAt Uccle Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoverer Eugène Joseph Delporte NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryDate 1932-03-12 ⓘ
discoverySite Uccle Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
doesNotCrossOrbitOf Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
eccentricity 0.435 ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
hasOrbitType Earth-approaching, non-Earth-crossing ⓘ
inclination_deg 11.9 ⓘ
isEponymOf Amor-type near-Earth asteroids ⓘ
isIn Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ
meanAnomaly_deg 353.0 ⓘ
memberOf Amor group of near-Earth asteroids NERFINISHED ⓘ
minimumOrbitIntersectionDistance_AU 0.106 ⓘ
minorPlanetNumber 1221 ⓘ
namedAfter Amor group of asteroids ⓘ
Latin word "amor" (love) ⓘ
namesakeOf Amor group of near-Earth asteroids NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitalCategory Amor near-Earth asteroid ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 964 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_years 2.64 ⓘ
orbits Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
perihelionDistance_au 1.082 ⓘ
perihelionInsideOrbitOf Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
rotationPeriod_hours 2.72 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_au 1.918 ⓘ
spectralType S-type asteroid ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eugène Delporte → discovered → asteroid 1221 Amor ⓘ
Amor group → hasMember → asteroid 1221 Amor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amor-type near-Earth asteroids
Amor group → namedAfter → asteroid 1221 Amor ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1221 Amor