The minor planet was named for Amycus, a male centaur in Greek mythology.
It came to perihelion in February 2003.[1] Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope gave a diameter of 76.3±12.5km.[4][5]
A low probability asteroid occultation of star UCAC2 17967364 with an apparent magnitude of +13.8 was possible on 11 February 2009.[8] Another such event involving a star with an apparent magnitude of +12.9 occurred on 10 April 2014 at about 10:46 Universal Time, visible for observers in the southwest US and western Mexico.[9]
Near 3:4 resonance of Uranus
Amycus (2002 GB10) lies within 0.009AU of the 3:4 resonance of Uranus and is estimated to have a long orbital half-life of about 11.1Myr.[10][11]
The failed libration (resonance motion) of Amycus.
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