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3412 Kafka

Asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	3412 Kafka
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discovered	10 January 1983
discoverer	R. Kirk
D. Rudy
discovery_site	Palomar Obs.
mpc_name	(3412) Kafka
alt_names	1942 YB

named_after	Franz Kafka
(Austrian–Czech writer)
mp_category	main-belt
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	74.42 yr (27,182 days)
aphelion	2.4565 AU
perihelion	1.9925 AU
semimajor	2.2245 AU
eccentricity	0.1043
period	3.32 yr (1,212 days)
mean_anomaly	194.88°
inclination	2.9731°
asc_node	307.60°
arg_peri	117.70°
dimensions	km
rotation	h
albedo
abs_magnitude	13.4

D. Rudy

(Austrian–Czech writer)

3412 Kafka, provisional designation , 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. The asteroid was named after writer Franz Kafka.

Orbit and classification

Kafka orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,212 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as at the Finnish Turku Observatory in 1942, extending the body's observation arc by 41 years prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar.

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Kafka measures 6.1 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.231. Kafka is a superslow rotator. Its rotation period of 2,766 hours (about 115 days) is among the longest of any known asteroid.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Austrian–Czech writer of novels and short stories, in which protagonists are faced with bizarre or surrealistic situations. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 February 1987 (M.P.C. 11641).

References

(September 2021). "Discovery of superslow rotating asteroids with ATLAS and ZTF photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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