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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | H. L. Giclas |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 21, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 3695 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1973 UU4 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8931043 |
| Peri | 1.8043191 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2317835 |
| Orbital period | 1314.7493993 |
| Mean anomaly | 233.75600 |
| Inclination | 7.43811 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 177.23665 |
| Argument of peri | 197.00177 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
3695 Fiala (1973 UU4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1973 by H. L. Giclas at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.
Alan D. Fiala (b. 1942) is an expert on predicting and observing eclipses, with special application to precise measurement of the solar radius. A staff astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory since 1962, he has been Chief of the U.S. Nautical Almanac Office since 1996. This naming is on the occasion of his retirement.
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