1994 Shane

1994 Shane
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date4 October 1961
Designations
(1994) Shane
Named after
C. Donald Shane[2]
(American astronomer)
1961 TE · 1939 RN
main-belt · (middle) [3]
Adeona[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc77.64 yr (28,358 days)
Aphelion3.2332 AU
Perihelion2.1282 AU
2.6807 AU
Eccentricity0.2061
4.39 yr (1,603 days)
298.87°
0° 13m 28.56s / day
Inclination10.217°
244.73°
89.669°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions17.91±0.93 km[5]
25.00 km (derived)[3]
25.15±0.6 km (IRAS:19)[6]
8 h[7]
8.220±0.001 h[8]
0.0340 (derived)[3]
0.0640±0.003 (IRAS:19)[6]
0.129±0.014[5]
S[3]
11.6[5][6] · 11.81±0.86[9] · 12.3[1][3]

1994 Shane, provisional designation 1961 TE, is a dark Adeonian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 4 October 1961, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program conducted at the Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[10] It was later named after American astronomer C. Donald Shane.[2]

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