1925 Franklin-Adams
1925 Franklin-Adams
| Name |
| Name |
Franklin-Adams |
| Designation |
1934 RY |
| Discovery |
| Discoverer |
H. van Gent |
| Discovery date |
September 9, 1934 |
| Orbital elements |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) |
| Eccentricity (e) |
0.1754147 |
| Semimajor axis (a) |
2.5522771 AU |
| Perihelion (q) |
2.1045702 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) |
2.9999840 AU |
| Orbital period (P) |
4.08 a |
| Inclination (i) |
7.72740° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
113.59123° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) |
242.26316° |
| Mean anomaly (M) |
27.70834° |
1925 Franklin-Adams is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1489.3272944 days (4.08 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1934. It is named after English amateur astronomer John Franklin-Adams (1843–1912), who created one of the earliest detailed, photographic atlases of the complete night sky (the Franklin-Adams plates or charts).[2]
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