3318 Blixen
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Jensen |
| Discovery site | Brorfelde Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 April 1985 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3318 Blixen |
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Named after
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Karen Blixen[2] |
| 1985 HB; 1943 GP 1950 RT; 1953 CJ 1962 YF; 1970 KB 1972 XL1; 1976 QW1 1979 DH |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 71.96 yr (26,283 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1591 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8596 AU |
| 3.0094 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0497 |
| 5.22 yr (1906.8 days) | |
| 323.36° | |
| Inclination | 11.580° |
| 109.19° | |
| 51.635° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.8868 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 23.5 km |
| 6.456 h | |
| 0.1275 | |
| 10.9 mag | |
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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]
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