3412 Kafka

3412 Kafka
Discovery [1]
Discovered byR. Kirk
D. Rudy
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date10 January 1983
Designations
(3412) Kafka
Named after
Franz Kafka
(Austrian–Czech writer)[2]
1983 AU2 · 1942 YB
1977 FF3 · 1978 PA2
1978 QE1
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc74.42 yr (27,182 days)
Aphelion2.4565 AU
Perihelion1.9925 AU
2.2245 AU
Eccentricity0.1043
3.32 yr (1,212 days)
194.88°
Inclination2.9731°
307.60°
117.70°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.084±0.080 km[3]
2766±40 h[4]
0.231±0.076[3]
13.4[1]

3412 Kafka, provisional designation 1983 AU2, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 January 1983, by American astronomers Randolph Kirk and Donald Rudy at Palomar Observatory in California, United States.[5][6] The asteroid was named after writer Franz Kafka.[2]

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  6. ^ Edberg & Levy 1994, p. 80.

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