3927 Feliciaplatt
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3927 |
| Alternative names | 1981 JA2 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.4903396 |
| Perihelion | 1.8970268 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1352321 |
| Orbital period | 1186.7501326 |
| Mean anomaly | 67.61259 |
| Inclination | 1.95011 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 255.62847 |
| Argument of perihelion | 25.80761 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
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3927 Feliciaplatt (1981 JA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by Shoemaker, C. at Palomar.
Origin of the name
As part of a class taught by Gene Shoemaker at Caltech, I was lucky to discover two asteroids: (3237) Victorplatt (named after my father) and (3259) Brownlee. I named 3237, but I was too slow in naming 3259, so Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker named it after a fellow asteroid researcher, Don Brownlee. They very generously allowed me to name an asteroid they discovered in return: (3927) Feliciaplatt (named after my mother).
References
External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3927 Feliciaplatt
- SDSS survey image taken on 25JAN2003, 1.51au from Earth /Fermats Brother
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