4756 Asaramas, provisional designation , is a stony rare-type Eoan
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...
from the outer region of the
asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids ...
, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 April 1950, by astronomers at the
La Plata Astronomical Observatory
The La Plata Astronomical Observatory () is an observatory located in the city of La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its IAU code is 839.
History
La Plata was a planned city, intended as the capital of the province a ...
in Argentina. It is named for the astronomical society
Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía
Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía (AAAA, A.A.A.A. or asaramas; the ''Argentine Association of the Friends of Astronomy''; obs code: 834) is an amateur astronomy civil association based on Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the aim ...
.
Classification and orbit
''Asaramas'' is a member of the
Eos family
The Eos family (''adj. Eoan'' ; ) is a very large asteroid family located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. This family of K-type asteroids is believed to have formed as a result of an ancient catastrophic collision. The family's parent b ...
(), the largest
asteroid family
An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination. The members of the families are thought to be fragments of past asteroid collisions. An ...