1925 Franklin-Adams

1925 Franklin-Adams
Franklin-Adams modeled from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byH. van Gent
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
(Leiden Southern Station)
Discovery date9 September 1934
Designations
(1925) Franklin-Adams
Named after
John Franklin Adams
(British astronomer)[2]
1934 RY · 1969 EP1
1970 KH · 1974 KK
main-belt[1][3] · (middle)
background[4][5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.14 yr (31,098 d)
Aphelion2.9989 AU
Perihelion2.1046 AU
2.5517 AU
Eccentricity0.1752
4.08 yr (1,489 d)
11.630°
0° 14m 30.48s / day
Inclination7.7371°
113.47°
242.08°
Physical characteristics
8.864±0.114 km[6][7]
2.978±0.002 h[5][8][a]
0.356±0.054[6][7]
S (assumed)[9]
12.0[7]
12.1[1][3]

1925 Franklin-Adams (prov. designation: 1934 RY) is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8.9 kilometers (5.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1934, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[1] The bright asteroid has a short rotation period of less than 3 hours.[5] It was named after British amateur astronomer John Franklin Adams (1843–1912).[2]

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