Asbolus
Number
8405
Provisional name
1995 GO
Class
Centaur
Discovery date
05.04.1995
Discovery chart
Discovery position
7° Libra 46' Rx
Time of announcement
10.04.1995 - 13:34 UT
Orbital period
76.5 years
Orbit
crosses the orbits of Saturn and Uranus
in aphelion almost reaches the orbit of Neptune but does not cross it
last time in perihelion in July 2002 (in Capricorn)
Aphelion
29.316 AU
Perihelion
6.844 AU
Semimajor axis
18.080 AU
Magnitude
9.0
Diameter
40 - 95 km
Digital photo by Eric Francis.
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Mythology
The name Asbolus means "soot" or "carbon dust".
Asbolus
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