161 Athor [SEP] discoverer or inventor
161 Athor
161 Athor is an M-type Main belt asteroid that was discovered by James Craig Watson on April 19, 1876, at the Detroit Observatory and named after Hathor, an Egyptian fertility goddess. An occultation by Athor was observed, on October 15, 2002, resulting in an estimated diameter of .
Photometric observations of the minor planet in 2010 gave a rotation period of with an amplitude of in magnitude. This result is consistent with previous determinations. The spectra is similar to that of carbonaceous chondrites, with
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In other fields.
161 is also:
- The year AD 161 or 161 BC
- 161 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 777 – 778 CE
- The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unhexunium
- 161 Athor is an M-type Main belt asteroid
- E.161 is an ITU-T assigns letters to the 12-key telephone keypad
- Fiorina Fury 161 is a foundry facility and penal colony from the film Alien 3
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