|
Discovery and designation
|
|
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Helin, E. F. and Bus, S. J. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | November 07, 1978 |
|
Designations
|
|
| MPC designation | 3449 |
| Named after | George O. Abell |
| Alternate name(s) | 1978 VR9 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.5715080 |
| Peri | 2.5803216 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1611206 |
| Orbital period | 1970.4249074 |
| Mean anomaly | 177.94239 |
| Inclination | 2.04726 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 81.53426 |
| Argument of peri | 333.59945 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.4 |
3449 Abell (1978 VR9) is a main belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by Helin, E. F. and Bus, S. J. at Palomar.
Named for astronomer George O. Abell, who taught for many years at the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy to high school students using an asteroid observation program.
|
|||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||