1162 Larissa
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Reinmuth, K. |
| Discovery date | 1930-Jan-05 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 4.3733514 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.4905336 AU |
| 3.9319425 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1122623 |
| 2847.7977861 days 7.80 years |
|
| 216.87777 ° | |
| Inclination | 1.88756 ° |
| 39.82767 ° | |
| 211.85610 ° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | diameter 44.6 km |
| 0.1485 | |
| 9.44 mag | |
1162 Larissa is an outer main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 45 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 8 years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on January 5, 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 AC.[1] Later it was named for the city in eastern Thessaly.[2]
In Fiction
Larissa appears in the novel "Coming Home" by Jack McDevitt (Ace Books, 2014).
