Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
Discovery date | 4 October 1961 |
Designations | |
(1994) Shane | |
Named after | C. Donald Shane[2] (American astronomer) |
1961 TE · 1939 RN | |
main-belt · (middle) [3] Adeona[4] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 77.64 yr (28,358 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2332 AU |
Perihelion | 2.1282 AU |
2.6807 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2061 |
4.39 yr (1,603 days) | |
298.87° | |
0° 13m 28.56s / day | |
Inclination | 10.217° |
244.73° | |
89.669° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 17.91±0.93 km[5] 25.00 km (derived)[3] 25.15±0.6 km (IRAS:19)[6] |
8 h[7] 8.220±0.001 h[8] | |
0.0340 (derived)[3] 0.0640±0.003 (IRAS:19)[6] 0.129±0.014[5] | |
S[3] | |
11.6[5][6] · 11.81±0.86[9] · 12.3[1][3] | |
1994 Shane, provisional designation 1961 TE, is a dark Adeonian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 4 October 1961, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program conducted at the Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[10] It was later named after American astronomer C. Donald Shane.[2]
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