3642 Frieden
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. Gessner |
| Discovery site | Sonneberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 December 1953 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3642 Frieden |
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1953 XL1; 1936 FU 1945 BD; 1950 FK 1959 CB1; 1959 EB1 1978 GB3; 1982 BK8 A908 ED; | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.41 yr (29,005 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0158 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5581 AU |
| 2.7869 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0820 |
| 4.65 yr (1699.4 days) | |
| 33.130° | |
| Inclination | 13.474° |
| 131.30° | |
| 14.767° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.5736 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 35.11 km |
| 14.491 h | |
| 0.0475 | |
| C (SMASSII) | |
| 11.2 mag | |
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3642 Frieden (1953 XL1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 1953 by H. Gessner at Sonneberg Observatory, Germany.[1]
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 14.491 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.13 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]
It was named after the German translation of the goddess Pax in the hope for peace (German: Frieden) around the world.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3642 Frieden (1953 XL1)" (2015-08-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Minor Planet – (3642) Frieden". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 313. Retrieved October 2015.
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