1761 Edmondson

1761 Edmondson

Minor Planet
name=1761 Edmondson
discoverer=Indiana University
discovery_date=March 30, 1952
designations=1940 BC; 1950 XP; 1952 FN; 1952 HT; 1955 US; 1969 JK; 1978 WY
category=Main belt
epoch=June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
semimajor=473.429 Gm (3.165 AU)
perihelion=360.092 Gm (2.407 AU)
aphelion=586.765 Gm (3.922 AU)
eccentricity=0.239
period=2056.327 d (5.63 a)
inclination=2.466°
asc_node=77.097°
arg_peri=50.395°
mean_anomaly=286.263°
speed=16.50 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=11.4
albedo=0.10?
temperature=~156 K

1761 Edmondson is a main-belt asteroid discovered March 30, 1952 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. It is named for astronomer Frank K. Edmondson of Indiana University, the program's founder and director.


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