(3895) Earhart

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( 3895 ) Earhart is an asteroid of the inner main belt, which from the U.S. astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory (IAU code 675) was discovered in California on February 23, 1987. Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid it had already been several: on 11 March 1969 ( 1969 EB) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj, in April 1980 (1980 GS) at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg forest and on August 6, 1981 ( 1981 PO) on Kleť Observatory in Český Krumlov.

The mean diameter of the asteroid was determined with 10.94 (± 0.8) km, the albedo of 0.1228 (± 0.021 ) is comparable to that of Earth's moon. The asteroid rotates in 3.564 hours (± 0.01) to itself

( 3895 ) Earhart is part of the Phocaea family, a group of asteroids that is named after (25 ) Phocaea. Characteristic of this group is among others the 4:1 orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter. The sun orbit of ( 3895 ) Earhart is strong compared to the ecliptic of the solar system is inclined at more than 24 °, which is characteristic of Phocaea asteroids. The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 3895 ) Earhart are almost identical to those of the smaller, if we start from the absolute brightness of 16.0 compared with 11.8, asteroids ( 345 371 ) 2006 AE96.

( 3895 ) Earhart was named after the American aviation pioneer and women's rights activist Amelia Earhart. The appointment was made on March 17, 1995 Back in 1985, a surface structure ( Corona ) on Venus after Amelia Earhart was named. Earhart Corona.