(982) Franklina
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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 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(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 .