Back 3988 Huma (كويكب) ARZ (3988) Хума CE (3988) Huma German 3988 Huma Esperanto (3988) Huma Spanish (3988) Homa French 3988 Huma Hungarian (3988) Հյումա Armenian (3988) 1986 LA ID 3988 Huma Italian
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Helin |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 June 1986 |
| Designations | |
| (3988) Huma | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhuːmə/[2] |
Named after | Huma bird (Persian mythology)[3] |
| 1986 LA | |
| Amor · NEO [1][3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 29.61 yr (10,815 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.0335 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.0556 AU |
| 1.5445 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3166 |
| 1.92 yr (701 days) | |
| 61.265° | |
| 0° 30m 48.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.768° |
| 229.82° | |
| 86.912° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.1781 AU · 69.4 LD |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.7 km[1] 0.782 km (calculated)[4] |
| 10.4±0.1 h[a] | |
| 0.20 (assumed)[4] | |
| S [4] | |
| 17.9[1][4] · 17.97±0.15[5] · 18.17±0.29[6] | |
3988 Huma, provisional designation 1986 LA, is an eccentric sub-kilometer asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group. It was discovered on 4 June 1986, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory, California.[3] The asteroid measures approximately 700 to 800 meters in diameter and was named after the Huma bird from Iranian mythology.
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