2001 Einstein

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=2001 Einstein
discoverer=Paul Wild
discovered=March 5, 1973
alt_names=1973 EB
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
semimajor=289.225 Gm (1.933 AU)
perihelion=260.674 Gm (1.742 AU)
aphelion=317.776 Gm (2.124 AU)
eccentricity=0.099
period=981.894 d (2.69 a)
inclination=22.684°
asc_node=357.156°
arg_peri=217.619°
mean_anomaly=87.584°
avg_speed=21.37 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=5.364 h
spectral_type=X
abs_magnitude=12.85
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~200 K

2001 Einstein is an inner main belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 1973. It is a member of the Hungaria family.cite journal
author=Spratt, Christopher E.
title=The Hungaria group of minor planets
journal=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Journal (ISSN 0035-872X)
year=1990
date=April 1990
volume=84
issue=2
pages=123–131
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JRASC..84..123S ] It is named in honour of the German-American physicist and Nobelist Albert Einstein.

Arthur C. Clarke joked in the postscript of his novel "" that he was hoping asteroid 2001 would be named after him, and was slightly miffed that Einstein got there first.

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