Discovered by D. Stewart Minor planet category Mars-crosser Aphelion 3.5821 AU (535.87 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 14 August 1901 Observation arc 97.47 yr (35601 d) Discovered 14 August 1901 Spectral type X-type asteroid | |
Alternative names 1901 HN; 1959 JS;1979 DD Discovery site Harvard Observatory Boyden Station, Arequipa, Harvard Observatory, Arequipa Similar 441 Bathilde, 417 Suevia, 132 Aethra | ||
475 Ocllo is a large Mars-crossing asteroid. It was discovered by American astronomer DeLisle Stewart on August 14, 1901 and assigned a provisional name of 1901 HN.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 7.3151 ± 0.0002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.66 ± 0.04 in magnitude.
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