7166 Kennedy

Kennedy
Discovery[1] and designation
Discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell
Discovery site Flagstaff
Discovery date 10 October 1985
Designations
MPC designation 7166 Kennedy
Named after
 Malcolm Kennedy
1985 TR; 1976 JA10; 1991 HC5; 1992 OZ8
Main Belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 27 October 2007 (JD 2454400.5)
Aphelion 2.7562229 AU
Perihelion 2.1032685 AU
2.4297457 AU
Eccentricity 0.1343668
1383.3741256 d
Inclination 3.70871°
Known satellites no
Physical characteristics
14.1

    7166 Kennedy[2] is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 10 October 1985.

    Initially designated 1985 TR, it was named on 8 August 1998 in memory of Malcolm Kennedy (1944-1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow,[3] who died in a road accident in Hungary, 18 November 1997, on a mercy mission carrying aid to eastern Europe. Born and raised in New Zealand, Kennedy became a civil engineer in Scotland. He was an energetic member of the Free Church in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow. As secretary of the ASG, he ensured that meetings ran smoothly, enlivening them with wordplay and puns.[4] In addition, he also provided the citation for 5805 Glasgow in Minor Planet Circular 24123.

    References

    1. ↑ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets 5001-10000
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 JPL
    3. ↑ Asteroids, Astronomical Society of Glasgow Website. Archive from September 30, 2007.
    4. ↑ http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=kennedy Minor Planet Center

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