7655 Adamries
asteroid
7655 Adamries, provisional designation 1991 YM1, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 December 1991, by German astronomer Freimut Börngen at Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, eastern Germany. It was named after mathematician Adam Ries.
Classification and orbit
Adamries is a member of the Nysa–Polana complex, a collection of overlapping asteroid families in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,373 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. Adamries was first identified as 1977 BW at CrAO/Nauchnyj in 1977, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 15 years prior to its official discovery observation.
Physical characteristics
Adamries has been characterized as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS' photometric survey. It is also an assumed stony S-type asteroid.
Lightcurve
In September 2013, rotational lightcurve of Adamries was obtained from photometric observation by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California.
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