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516 Amherstia was the 8th asteroid discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan and was named after Amherst College his alma mater. Amherstia is a large M-type asteroid with an estimated diameter of 73 km.

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average speed (km/s)
64260.0
orbital period (μ)
1.38521e+08
periapsis (km)
2.91483e+11
temperature (K)
167.0
absolute magnitude
8.27
albedo
0.163
discovery date
1903-09-20
discoverer
Raymond Smith Dugan
epoch
October 22 2004 (JD 2453300.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
138.96
former name
1903 MG; 1938 YO
rotation period (s)
26956.8

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