(5102) Benfranklin
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Asteroid (5102) Benfranklin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1960 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2513 AU - 3.3490 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.1240 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 317.6412 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 51.7080 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.69 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.80 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 18.20 km |
| Albedo | 0.0443 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII : B |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | 2nd September 1986 |
| Another name | 1986 RD 1 , 1930 UA 1 , 1939 PB, 1988 AJ 1 |
| 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. | |
(5102) BenFranklin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 September 1986 by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near the town of Cesky Krumlov in Bohemia was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the North American printer , publisher , writer , scientist , inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), who was involved in drafting the United States' Declaration of Independence and drafting the American Constitution .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Benfranklin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Benfranklin in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5102) Benfranklin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).