3412 Kafka
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. Kirk and D. Rudy |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 10 January 1983 |
| Designations | |
| 3412 Kafka | |
Named after | Franz Kafka (writer)[2] |
| 1983 AU2 · 1942 YB 1977 FF3 · 1978 PA2 1978 QE1 | |
| main-belt · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 72.97 yr (26,652 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4552 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9941 AU |
| 2.2246 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1036 |
| 3.32 yr (1,212 days) | |
| 317.57° | |
| Inclination | 2.9745° |
| 307.67° | |
| 117.36° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.3[1] | |
3412 Kafka is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by astronomers Randolph L. Kirk and Donald James Rudy at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California, on 10 January 1983.[3] The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,212 days), so it is passed by Earth about every 523 days (1 year and 158 days).[4] Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.10 and is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] It is named after Franz Kafka (1883–1924), the Austrian–Czech writer.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3412 Kafka (1983 AU2)" (2015-12-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3412) Kafka. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 284. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "3412 Kafka (1983 AU2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ Edberg & Levy 1994, p. 80.
Bibliography
- Edberg, Stephen J.; Levy, David H. (1994). Observing, Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-42003-7.
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