3318 Blixen

3318 Blixen
Discovery [1]
Discovered by P. Jensen
Discovery site Brorfelde Obs.
Discovery date 23 April 1985
Designations
MPC designation 3318 Blixen
Named after
Karen Blixen[2]
1985 HB; 1943 GP
1950 RT; 1953 CJ
1962 YF; 1970 KB
1972 XL1; 1976 QW1
1979 DH
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 26643 days (72.94 yr)
Aphelion 3.1623 AU (473.07 Gm)
Perihelion 2.8601 AU (427.86 Gm)
3.0112 AU (450.47 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.050170
5.23 yr (1908.6 d)
1.7587°
 11m 19.032s / day
Inclination 11.573°
109.17°
50.960°
Earth MOID 1.88673 AU (282.251 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.91389 AU (286.314 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.217
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 23.5 km
Mean radius
11.75 km
6.456 h (0.2690 d)
0.1275 ± 0.031
11.0

    3318 Blixen, provisionally known as 1985 HB, is a main belt asteroid discovered by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen in 1985.[1] It measures 23.5 kilometers in diameter, and is named after Danish novelist Karen Blixen (1885–1962), best known for the memoir Out of Africa.[2]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 6.456 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3318 Blixen (1985 HB)" (2015-03-24 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3318) Blixen". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. pp. 276–277. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
    3. 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.

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