(4342) Freud

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Asteroid
(4342) Freud
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.764  AU
eccentricity 0.092
Perihelion - aphelion 2.509 AU - 3.02 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.08 °
Length of the ascending node 133.48 °
Sidereal period 4.6 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 16.66 km
Albedo 0.092
Absolute brightness 12.1 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: Xc
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery August 21, 1987
Another name 1987 QO 9
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(4342) Freud is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1987 by Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory .

The asteroid was named after the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (1859–1939).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003

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