(2845) Franklinken
Asteroid (2845) Franklinken |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.2621 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1618 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8960 AU - 2.6282 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.0098 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 144.4388 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.40 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.80 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 114 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | July 26, 1981 |
Another name | 1981 OF, 1971 SS, 1978 TF 4 , 1981 RB |
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. |
(2845) Frank left is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 July 1981 by the US American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer Kenneth Franklin (1923-2007), who discovered the Jupiter bursts in 1955 together with Bernard Flood Burke .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Franklinken: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2845) Franklinken in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2845) Franklinken in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).