1721 Wells
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University |
| Discovery site | Brooklyn, Indiana |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1953 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Herman B. Wells |
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1944 DA 1958 QE A905 CG | |
| Main-belt asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 2456200.5 | |
| Aphelion | 3.293 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.006 AU |
| 3.149 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.046 |
| 5.59 years | |
| 146.80340° | |
| Inclination | 16.122° |
| 317.363° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 40.03 km |
| Albedo | 0.053 |
| 10.80 | |
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1721 Wells (1953 TD3) is an asteroid discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named for Herman B. Wells, president of Indiana University from 1937 to 1962.[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)
- ↑ 1721 Wells (1953 TD3)
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmandel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, v. 1 (Springer, 2003), p. 137, col. 1. ISBN 3540002383
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