Discovered by E. Bowell MPC designation 7225 Huntress Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 22 January 1983 Discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell Discovery site Anderson Mesa Station | Discovery date 22 January 1983 Alternative names 1983 BH; 1989 XJ Observation arc 19872 days (54.41 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Wesley Huntress Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 7166 Kennedy, Asteroid belt, Sun | ||
7225 Huntress (1983 BH) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on January 22, 1983 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. A moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid in 2007 with an orbital period of 14 hours and 40 minutes.
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