1996 Adams
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery date | October 16, 1961 |
| Alternate designations B |
1932 RM; 1961 TB2; 1961 UA; 1969 TW2; 1971 BY1; 1973 SJ3 |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.139 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 382.720 Gm (2.558 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 329.535 Gm (2.203 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 435.905 Gm (2.914 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1494.625 d (4.09 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 18.53 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 15.141° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
1.154° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
354.815° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 352.836° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
| Density | ? g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | ? km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 12.1 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~174 K |
1996 Adams is the name of an asteroid that was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named in honour of John Couch Adams, British mathematician and astronomer who, simultaneously with Urbain Le Verrier, predicted the existence and position of Neptune.
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