871 Amneris

871 Amneris
Discovery
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	14 May 1917
Designations
Alternative names	1917 BY
Minor planet category	Main belt Amneris family
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	108.93 yr (39786 days)
Aphelion	2.4891 AU (372.36 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9555 AU (292.54 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.2223 AU (332.45 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.12006
Orbital period	3.31 yr (1210.0 d)
Mean anomaly	340.333°
Mean motion	0° 17^m 51.036^s / day
Inclination	4.2509°
Longitude of ascending node	158.026°
Argument of perihelion	66.284°
Earth MOID	0.951075 AU (142.2788 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.48888 AU (372.331 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.635
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.6

871 Amneris is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is the namesake of the Amneris family, a subgroup of the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.

This asteroid was named after Amneris, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.

References

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