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230 Athamantis 230 Athamantis is a fairly large
Main belt asteroid . It is classified as a
S-type asteroid and is probably composed of a mixture of
silicate s and
metal s.
It was discovered by
K. de Ball on
September 3 ,
1882 in
Bothkamp . It was his only asteroid discovery.
It was named after
Athamantis , daughter of
Athamas the
mythical Greek king of
Orchomenos .
Distance to earth Brightness Stationary, than prograde Conjunction to sun 30th October 2004 14th December 2004 1,32763 AE 11,0 mag 27th January 2005 22nd August 2005 27th February 2006 17th April 2006 1,53161 AE 10,6 mag 1st June 2006 18th December 2006 12th July 2007 31st August 2007 1,28545 AE 10,1 mag 9th October 2007 15th May 2008 7th December 2008 26th January 2009 1,45007 AE 10,5 mag 11th March 2009 1st October 2009 8th April 2010 25th May 2010 1,47035 AE 10,3 mag 12th July 2010 29th January 2011 7th September 2011 22nd October 2011 1,24895 AE 9,9 mag 29th November 2011 4th July 2012 13th January 2013 6th March 2013 1,52998 AE 10,7 mag 18th April 2013 6th November 2013 19th May 2014 7th July 2014 1,38156 AE 10,3 mag 22nd August 2014 19th March 2015 25th October 2015 9th December 2015 1,31409 AE 10,0 mag 23th January 2016 17th August 2016 22nd February 2017 12th April 2017 1,53556 AE 10,6 mag 26th May 2017 13th December 2017 6th July 2018 24th August 2018 1,29432 AE 10,2 mag 3th October 2018 10th May 2019 3th December 2019 22nd January 2020 1,43642 AE 10,4 mag 6th March 2020 26th September 2020
*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
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Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances *
Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
