(52665) Brianmay

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( 52665 ) Brianmay is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which by Czech astronomers Jana Ticha couple and Miloš Tichý at Kleť Observatory (IAU code 046) was discovered near Český Krumlov on January 30, 1998.

The asteroid is part of the Eos family, a group of asteroids, which typically have semi-major axes from 2.95 to 3.1 AE, bounded on the inside of the Kirkwood gap in the 7:3 resonance with Jupiter, and orbital inclinations between 8 ° and 12 degrees. The group is named after the asteroid (221 ​​) Eos. It is believed that the family was created over one billion years ago by a collision. After FORMING classification (Small Main -Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey) were assumed in ( 52665 ) Brianmay of a dark surface with a spectroscopic investigation of Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel, it might be so, roughly speaking, to act a C- asteroids.

( 52665 ) Brianmay is named after Brian May, who became known as the guitarist of the rock band Queen, and in 2007 received his doctorate in astrophysics. The appointment was made at the suggestion of the English astronomer Patrick Moore by the International Astronomical Union ( IAU) on 18 June 2008.

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