1996 Adams

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1996 Adams is the name of a main belt 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.Based upon measurements of its light curve this object has a synodic rotation period of 3.311 ± 0.001 hours during which time the brightness varies in magnitude by 0.42.

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apoapsis (km)

4.35905e+11

average speed (km/s)

66708.0

orbital period (μ)

1.29136e+08

periapsis (km)

3.29535e+11

absolute magnitude

12.1

albedo

0.1

discovery date

1961-10-16

discoverer

Indiana Asteroid Program

epoch

June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)

former name

;, 1932 RM; ;, 1961 UA; ;

rotation period (s)

11919.6