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On 2016 Feb 05 UT, the 61 km diameter asteroid (198) Ampella will occult a 6.6 mag star HD42784 in the constellation Orion.

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Asteroid (198) Ampella is at Opposition in the constellation Gemini on the 1st January 2016. 

Magnitude: 11.3
Distance to Earth: 1.477 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.459 AU 

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Asteroid (198) Ampella is at opposition in the constellation Ophiuchus on the 14th June 2014.

Magnitude: 11.0
Distance to Sun center: 2.366 AU
Distance to Earth: 1.351 AU



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Asteroid (198) Ampella is at Opposition on the 13th December

Magnitude: 10.8

Distance to Earth: 1.289 AU 

Distance to Sun: 2.273 AU



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Asteroid (198) Ampella is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 13, 1879. The name seems to be the feminine form of Ampelos, a satyr and good friend of Dionysus in Greek mythology. It could also derive from the Ampelose (plural of Ampelos), a variety of hamadryad.

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Google earth file: Asteroid (198) Ampella.kmz (6kb, kmz)



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