(2063) Bacchus

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( 2063 ) Bacchus is an asteroid or planetoid from the group of Apollo asteroids. These are celestial bodies, their path may cross the Earth's orbit.

The asteroid was discovered on April 24, 1977 by Charles Kowal and after Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, named.

Bacchus is between 0.7013 AU ( perihelion ) and 1.4546 AU ( aphelion ) in about 409 days around the sun. The orbital eccentricity is 0.3494, the orbit is inclined to 9.4347 ° to the ecliptic.

In 1996, guided by radar observations showed that it is an elongated object of 1.1 x 2.6 km stretch at Bacchus. The asteroid rotates in 14 hours and 54 minutes around its own axis.

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