8898 Linnaea
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Gary P. Emerson |
| Discovery site | Golden, Colorado[1][2][3] |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1995 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 8898 |
Named after | Linnaea |
| 1995 SL5 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9060180 |
| Perihelion | 1.9629802 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1936821 |
| 1387.4356678 | |
| 153.16459 | |
| Inclination | 2.99001 |
| 183.64909 | |
| 132.37729 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.0 | |
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8898 Linnaea (1995 SL5) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1995 by Gary P. Emerson at Golden, Colorado.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Desert Exposure November 2008".
He designed, built and used a fully functional observatory at his home in Boulder. From work done there he has not only published results in a wide variety of journals and periodicals, but discovered the only asteroid ever recorded from the state of Colorado.
Note that Golden, Colorado is about 20 miles south of Boulder, Colorado. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Deep Impact: Observers for Deep Impact's Small Telescope Science Program, Gary Emerson".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AAVSO Web Publications".