Anteros is anAmor asteroid, which approach the orbit of Earth from beyond but do not cross it. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.1–1.8 AU once every 1 year and 9 months (625 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.26 and aninclination of 9° with respect to theecliptic.[1]
Several rotationallightcurves ofAnteros were obtained from photometric observations byBrian Warner,Petr Pravec, thePalomar Transient Factory and others since the 1980s.[5] One of the best-rated and most recent lightcurves was obtained at the Palmer Divide Station (716) in December 2013, and gave arotation period of 2.867 hours with a brightness variation of 0.1magnitude, which indicates thatAnteros has a nearly spheroidal shape (U=3).[10]
According to the EXPLORENEOs survey carried out by theSpitzer Space Telescope,Anteros measures between 2.38 and 2.43 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has analbedo of 0.138 to 0.170.[6][7][8] TheCollaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.18 and derives a diameter of 2.0 kilometers with anabsolute magnitude of 15.89.[5]
Thisminor planet was named after the Greek godAnteros, avenger of unrequited love and punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others. The asteroid's name may have been chosen because its orbit is similar to the asteroid433 Eros, and in Greek mythology, Anteros was said to be the twin brother ofEros.[3] The officialnaming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4237).[22]
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^Wisniewski, W. Z.; Michalowski, T. M.; Harris, A. W.; McMillan, R. S. (March 1995). "Photoelectric Observations of 125 Asteroids".Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.26: 1511.Bibcode:1995LPI....26.1511W.
^Pravec, Petr; Harris, Alan W.; Kusnirák, Peter; Galád, Adrián; Hornoch, Kamil (September 2012). "Absolute magnitudes of asteroids and a revision of asteroid albedo estimates from WISE thermal observations".Icarus.221 (1):365–387.Bibcode:2012Icar..221..365P.doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026.
^Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounová, L.; Mottola, S.; Erickson, A.; Hahn, G.; et al. (December 1997). "The Near-Earth Objects Follow-Up Program".Icarus.130 (2):275–286.Bibcode:1997Icar..130..275P.doi:10.1006/icar.1997.5816.