996 Hilaritas

Main-belt asteroid

996 Hilaritas is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered in 1923 by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa. Following Palisa's death in 1925, this asteroid was named for a "happy or contented mind"; qualities associated with the discoverer.[2]

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2010 show a rotation period of 10.052 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.65 ± 0.03 magnitude.[3]

References

  1. ^ "996 Hilaritas (1923 NM)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 85, ISBN 3642297188.
  3. ^ Strabla, Luca; Quadri, Ulisse; Girelli, Roberto (January 2011), "Lightcurve Analysis of 996 Hilaritas", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 38 (1): 14–15, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...14S.
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