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(1996 GT )
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NOW @ 11 CAP 15
FOUND @ 13 LIB 4
 
Inclination: 3.414
Eccentricity: 0.383
Period: 2.105 years
AU 1.643
Type: 9804

Discovery Chart

11.4.1996 06:42 Kitt Peak 111w36 31n57 observations 1


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Greek for “twin”, this rapid-rotator Amor possesses a satellite with an orbital period of 11.9 hr. Suspicions arose in the Goldstone delay-Doppler echoes, and these were confirmed with the optical light curve analysis, along with Arecibo radar imaging on 2003 Nov. 23. The name was suggested by J. Montani.


Discovered on 11-4-1996 in Kitt Peak by Spacewatch

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