5535 Annefrank

5535 Annefrank (pron-en|ˌæn ˈfrænk) is an inner main belt asteroid, and member of the Augusta family. It was discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1942. It is named after Anne Frank, the Dutch-Jewish diarist who died in a concentration camp (the name was not chosen until about 1995).

On November 2, 2002, the Stardust space probe flew past Annefrank at a distance of 3079 km. Its images show the asteroid to be 6.6 × 5.0 × 3.4 km in diameter, twice as big as previously thought, and of an irregular shape with craters. From the photographs, the albedo of Annefrank was computed to be 0.24.

External links

*JPL Small Body
* [http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/top/stardust/5535.htm A page with images from the Stardust flyby]
* [http://www.strykfoto.org/stardust.htm Ted Stryk's Stardust page, including enhanced images of 5535 Annefrank]