1925 Franklin-Adams
Franklin-Adams modeled from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. van Gent |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. (Leiden Southern Station) |
| Discovery date | 9 September 1934 |
| Designations | |
| (1925) Franklin-Adams | |
Named after | John Franklin Adams (British astronomer) |
| 1934 RY · 1969 EP1 1970 KH · 1974 KK | |
| main-belt · (middle) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.14 yr (31,098 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9989 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1046 AU |
| 2.5517 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1752 |
| 4.08 yr (1,489 d) | |
| 11.630° | |
| 0° 14m 30.48s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.7371° |
| 113.47° | |
| 242.08° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 8.864±0.114 km | |
| 2.978±0.002 h | |
| 0.356±0.054 | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 12.0 12.1 | |
1925 Franklin-Adams (prov. designation: 1934 RY) is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8.9 kilometers (5.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1934, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. The bright asteroid has a short rotation period of less than 3 hours. It was named after British amateur astronomer John Franklin Adams (1843–1912).