3070 Aitken

3070 Aitken
Discovery [1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date4 April 1949
Designations
(3070) Aitken
Named after
Robert G. Aitken
(American astronomer)[2]
1949 GK · 1942 GQ
A907 HA
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc74.56 yr (27,232 days)
Aphelion2.7616 AU
Perihelion1.8504 AU
2.3060 AU
Eccentricity0.1976
3.50 yr (1,279 days)
177.01°
0° 16m 53.4s / day
Inclination2.3456°
170.44°
52.609°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.85 km (calculated)[3]
6.3965±0.0026 h[4]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
13.7[1] · 14.27±0.28[5] · 13.789±0.005 (R)[4] · 14.24[3]

3070 Aitken, provisional designation 1949 GK, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 April 1949, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Indiana, United States. The asteroid was named after American astronomer Robert Grant Aitken.[2][6]

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