- 11169 Alkon
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=11169 Alkon
discoverer=LINEAR
discovered=March 20 ,1998
alt_names=1980 TV3; 1991 LP5
1998 FW33
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=July 14 ,2004 (JD 2453200.5)
semimajor=367.367 Gm (2.456 AU)
perihelion=296.686 Gm (1.983 AU)
aphelion=438.048 Gm (2.928 AU)
eccentricity=0.192
period=1405.595 d (3.85 a)
inclination=3.777°
asc_node=189.632°
arg_peri=138.446°
mean_anomaly=91.371°
avg_speed=18.83 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?×1016 kg
density=2 ? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=14.4
albedo=0.1 ?
single_temperature=~178 KTheMain belt asteroid 11169 Alkon was discovered by the Lincoln Laboratory at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology . The Ceres Connection program was established in partnership with [http://www.sciserv.org Science Service] to name minor planets for students selected through an essay contest. The winner requested his grandfather's family name be memorialized.Not much else is known about this probably fairly typical little asteroid.
External links
* [http://www.ll.mit.edu/LINEAR/ceres.html Ceres Connection Program]
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