Discovered by August Kopff Alternative names 1907 AM Aphelion 2.9093 AU (435.23 Gm) Discovered 4 October 1907 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 4 October 1907 Observation arc 108.51 yr (39635 d) Perihelion 2.0076 AU (300.33 Gm) Absolute magnitude 12.93 Discoverer August Kopff | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 516 Amherstia, 441 Bathilde, 958 Asplinda, 193 Ambrosia, 528 Rezia | ||
650 Amalasuntha is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on October 4, 1907 at Heidelberg. Given a provisional designation of 1907 AM, it was named after Amalasuntha, the queen of the Ostrogoths from 526 to 534 AD.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2007 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico were used to create a light curve plot. This showed a rotation period of 16.582 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.44 ± 0.03 magnitude during each cycle.
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