2675 Tolkien

2675 Tolkien
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. Watt
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date14 April 1982
Designations
(2675) Tolkien
Named after
  • 1982 GB · 1934 VO
  • 1937 RH · 1939 FR
  • 1949 FO · 1950 QA1
  • 1952 DX · 1969 JE
  • 1969 KB · 1970 RB
  • 1973 QX · 1975 BV
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc79.45 yr (29,018 days)
Aphelion2.4386 AU
Perihelion1.9865 AU
2.2126 AU
Eccentricity0.1022
3.29 yr (1,202 days)
96.710°
0° 17m 58.2s / day
Inclination2.7535°
5.9040°
1.7953°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
  • 9.65±0.23 km[4]
  • 9.85 km (calculated)[3]
  • 10.960±0.186 km[5]
1060±30 h[6]
  • 0.205±0.011[4]
  • 0.213±0.021[5]
  • 0.24 (assumed)[3]
SMASS = S [1] · S [3]
12.10[5] · 12.2[1][3] · 12.50[4] · 12.73±0.27[7]

2675 Tolkien, provisional designation 1982 GB, is a stony Florian asteroid and extremely slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 April 1982, by British astronomer Martin Watt at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, and later named for J. R. R. Tolkien.[2][8]

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