(982) Franklina

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Asteroid
(982) Franklina
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0684  AU
eccentricity 0.2333
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3525 AU - 3.7844 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.65 °
Sidereal period 5,375 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.00 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 32.50 km
Albedo 0.184
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 9.91 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer H. E. Wood
Date of discovery 1922
Another name 1922 MD, 1928 QF, 1938 HG
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(982) Franklina is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 May 1922 by South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood in Johannesburg was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the British astronomer and stellar cartographer John Franklin Adams .

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