(3412) Kafka

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( 3412 ) Kafka is an asteroid of the inner main belt, which was discovered on January 10, 1983 in California by the geophysicist Randolph Kirk and Donald Rudy at Palomar Observatory (IAU code 675). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid it had previously been several: on December 31, 1942 at Iso - Heikkilä Observatory of the University of Turku (1942 YB ) and on 26 March 1977 ( 1977 FF3 ), August 8, 1978 (1978 PA2) and 31 August. 1978 (1978 QE1 ) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj.

The Italian astronomer Vincenzo Zappalà defined in a 1995 publication ( et al. ) Of seniority ( 3412 ) Kafka on the Flora family, a large group of asteroids that is named after ( 8) flora. Asteroids of this family move in an orbital resonance of 4:9 with the planet Mars around the Sun. The group is also called Ariadne family after the asteroid (43 ) Ariadne.

( 3412 ) Kafka was named after the writer Franz Kafka on 13 February 1987.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Italy (8) Flora (43) Ariadne Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge (Massachusetts)
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