7166 Kennedy
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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell | |||||||||
| Discovery date | 10 October 1985 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7166 Kennedy | |||||||||
| Alternative names[2] | 1985 TR; 1976 JA10; 1991 HC5; 1992 OZ8 | |||||||||
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| Epoch 27 October 2007 (JD 2454400.5) | ||||||||||
| Ap | 2.7562229 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 2.1032685 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.4297457 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1343668 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1383.3741256 d | |||||||||
| Inclination | 3.70871° | |||||||||
| Satellites | no | |||||||||
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| Absolute magnitude | 14.1 | |||||||||
7166 Kennedy[3] is an asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 10 October 1985. Initially designated 1985 TR, it was named on 8 August 1998 in memory of Malcolm Kennedy (1944-1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow [4], who died in a road accident in Hungary, 18 November 1997, on a mercy mission carrying aid to eastern Europe. Born and raised in New Zealand, Kennedy became a civil engineer in Scotland. He was an energetic member of the Free Church in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow. As secretary of the ASG, he ensured that meetings ran smoothly, enlivening them with wordplay and puns.
[edit] References
- ^ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets 5001-10000
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- ^ a b *Orbital elements, physical paramaters and ephemeris, JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed September 29, 2007.
- ^ Asteroids, Astronomical Society of Glasgow Website. Accessed September 29, 2007.
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