3927 Feliciaplatt
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 5 May 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3927 |
| 1981 JA2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 13764 days (37.68 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.4921244 AU (372.81650 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8951202 AU (283.50595 Gm) |
| 2.193622 AU (328.1612 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1360773 |
| 3.25 yr (1186.7 d) | |
| 196.6372° | |
| 0° 18m 12.104s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.952680° |
| 255.53213° | |
| 26.06122° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.877269 AU (131.2376 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.6169 AU (391.48 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.658 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.0 | |
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3927 Feliciaplatt (1981 JA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Origin of the name
As part of a class taught by Gene Shoemaker at Caltech, I was lucky to discover two asteroids: (3237) Victorplatt (named after my father) and (3259) Brownlee. I named 3237, but I was too slow in naming 3259, so Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker named it after a fellow asteroid researcher, Don Brownlee. They very generously allowed me to name an asteroid they discovered in return: (3927) Feliciaplatt (named after my mother).
References
- ↑ "3927 Feliciaplatt (1981 JA2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Asteroids discovered by John Platt.
External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3927 Feliciaplatt
- SDSS survey image taken on 25JAN2003, 1.51au from Earth /Fermats Brother
- 3927 Feliciaplatt at the JPL Small-Body Database
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