(2065) Spicer

Asteroid (2065) Spicer
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Major semi-axis	2,698 AU
eccentricity	0.234
Perihelion - aphelion	2.066 AU - 3.330 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	6.436 °
Length of the ascending node	328.100 °
Argument of the periapsis	66.542 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	May 12, 2013
Sidereal period	4.44 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	approx. 17 km
Rotation period	18.165 h
Absolute brightness	12.4 mag
Spectral class	SMASSII: Xc
history
Explorer	Goethe Link Observatory
Date of discovery	September 9, 1959
Another name	1959 RN
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(2065) Spicer ( 1959 RN ) is a asteroid of the main belt , which on September 9, 1959 at the Goethe Link Observatory as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program was discovered.

designation

The asteroid was named after Edward H. Spicer (1906-1983), a professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona and a former president of the American Anthropologica Association . His assistance was critical to the success of the negotiations for the establishment of the Kitt Peak National Observatory between the Schuk Toak District Council and the Tohono O'Odham ( Papago Tribal Council ). The name was proposed by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson (1912-2008).