3412 Kafka
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3412 Kafka, provisional designation 1983 AU2, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 January 1983, by American astronomers Randolph Kirk and Donald Rudy at Palomar Observatory in California, United States.[5][6] The asteroid was named after writer Franz Kafka.[2]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | R. Kirk D. Rudy |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 10 January 1983 |
Designations | |
(3412) Kafka | |
Named after | Franz Kafka (Austrian–Czech writer)[2] |
1983 AU2 · 1942 YB 1977 FF3 · 1978 PA2 1978 QE1 | |
main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 74.42 yr (27,182 days) |
Aphelion | 2.4565 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9925 AU |
2.2245 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1043 |
3.32 yr (1,212 days) | |
194.88° | |
Inclination | 2.9731° |
307.60° | |
117.70° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 6.084±0.080 km[3] |
2766±40 h[4] | |
0.231±0.076[3] | |
13.4[1] | |
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