(1767) Lampland

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Asteroid
(1767) Lampland
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.018  AU
eccentricity 0.102
Perihelion - aphelion 2.709 AU - 3.327 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.841 °
Sidereal period 5.24 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.1 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 48 km
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Date of discovery September 7, 1962
Another name 1962 RJ, 1941 SP, 1967 SC
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(1767) Lampland is a main belt asteroid. He was born on September 7, 1962 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn (Indiana) within the Indiana Asteroid Program of the Indiana University discovered.

The asteroid was named in honor of Carl Otto Lampland (1873–1951), an American astronomer and professor.