3467 Bernheim

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3467 Bernheim
Discovery A
Discoverer Norman G. Thomas
Discovery date September 26, 1981
Alternate
designations
B
1981 SF2
Category Main belt (Polana)
Orbital elements C
Epoch September 19, 2008 (JD 2454729.3)
Eccentricity (e) 0.149
Semi-major axis (a) 360.387 Gm (2.409 AU)
Perihelion (q) 306.573 Gm (2.049 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 414.201 Gm (2.769 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1365.725 d (3.74 a)
Mean orbital speed  ? km/s
Inclination (i) 4.112°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
105.429°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
349.511°
Mean anomaly (M) 220.610°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 15.8 km
Mass  ? kg
Density  ? g/cm³
Surface gravity  ? m/s²
Escape velocity  ? km/s
Rotation period  ? d
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 13.0
Albedo (geometric) 0.0448
Mean surface
temperature
 ? K
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3467 Bernheim is an asteroid. It was discovered on September 26, 1981 by Norman G. Thomas of Lowell Observatory and was named to honour Robert Burnham, Jr., Thomas' former co-worker at Lowell and the author of Burnham's Celestial Handbook. A name similar to "Burnham" had already been used for 834 Burnhamia, named after the unrelated 19th century astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham, so Thomas chose the name "Bernheim", a name that Burnham told him had been used by his father's parents in Germany.

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