(982) Franklina
Asteroid (982) Franklina |
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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 .