1761 Edmondson

1761 Edmondson
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date30 March 1952
Designations
(1761) Edmondson
Named after
Frank Edmondson
(American astronomer)[2]
1952 FN · 1940 BC
1950 XP · 1952 HT
1955 US · 1969 JK
1978 WY
main-belt · background[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc64.74 yr (23,646 days)
Aphelion3.9145 AU
Perihelion2.4388 AU
3.1766 AU
Eccentricity0.2323
5.66 yr (2,068 days)
282.49°
0° 10m 26.76s / day
Inclination2.4636°
76.988°
49.903°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions20.51 km (calculated)[3]
21.94±0.94 km[4]
4.208±0.002 h[5]
0.08 (assumed)[3]
0.102±0.009[4]
C[3]
11.40[4] · 11.8[1][3] · 12.06±0.33[6]

1761 Edmondson, provisional designation 1952 FN, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 March 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory, United States.[7] It was named after astronomer Frank Edmondson.[2]

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