(7917) Hammergren

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Asteroid
(7917) Hammergren
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4138  AU
eccentricity 0.1280
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1049 AU - 2.7227 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.6801 °
Length of the ascending node 320.9217 °
Argument of the periapsis 12.8322 °
Sidereal period 3.75 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Scolded John Bus
Date of discovery March 2, 1981
Another name 1981 EG 5 , 1986 RT 3 , 1986 RZ 13 , 1992 DG 8
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(7917) Hammergren is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 March 1981 by the American astronomer scolding John bus during the UK Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413) near Coonabarabran in Australia was discovered.

It was named on May 6, 2012 after the American astronomer Mark Hammergren (* 1964), who works at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and leads the astro-science workshop there.

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