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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Bowell, E. |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovery date | July 26, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2845 |
| Named after | Kenneth Franklin |
| Alternate name(s) | 1981 OF |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6289588 |
| Peri | 1.8927364 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1628200 |
| Orbital period | 1241.6676770 |
| Mean anomaly | 335.04633 |
| Inclination | 6.00943 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 144.48337 |
| Argument of peri | 134.86578 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 |
2845 Franklinken (1981 OF) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1981 by Bowell, E. at the Anderson Mesa Station of Flagstaff (AM). This asteroid is named for Dr. Kenneth Linn Franklin, a member of the staff of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and co-discoverer in 1955 of the radio noise coming from the planet Jupiter.
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