3642 Frieden

3642 Frieden
Discovery [1]
Discovered by H. Gessner
Discovery site Sonneberg Obs.
Discovery date 4 December 1953
Designations
MPC designation 3642 Frieden
1953 XL1; 1936 FU
1945 BD; 1950 FK
1959 CB1; 1959 EB1
1978 GB3; 1982 BK8
A908 ED;
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 29218 days (79.99 yr)
Aphelion 3.0144 AU (450.95 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5580 AU (382.67 Gm)
2.7862 AU (416.81 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.081898
4.65 yr (1698.7 d)
75.650°
 12m 42.948s / day
Inclination 13.474°
131.30°
14.636°
Earth MOID 1.57297 AU (235.313 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.01987 AU (302.168 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.286
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 35.11 km
Mean radius
17.555 ± 0.55 km
14.491 h (0.6038 d)
0.0475 ± 0.003
C (SMASSII)
11.2

    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. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3642 Frieden (1953 XL1)" (2015-08-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
    3. "Dictionary of Minor Planet – (3642) Frieden". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 313. Retrieved October 2015.

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