3277 Aaronson information

3277 Aaronson
Discovery
Discovered by	E. Bowell
Discovery site	Anderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date	8 January 1984
Designations
MPC designation	(3277) Aaronson
Named after	Marc Aaronson; (astronomer)
Alternative designations	1984 AF1 · 1962 CF; 1971 UV2 · 1982 TU2
Minor planet category	main-belt · (outer)
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	55.24 yr (20,178 days)
Aphelion	3.9927 AU
Perihelion	2.2900 AU
Semi-major axis	3.1414 AU
Eccentricity	0.2710
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.57 yr (2,034 days)
Mean anomaly	93.558°
Mean motion	0° 10m 37.2s / day
Inclination	8.5693°
Longitude of ascending node	84.997°
Argument of perihelion	295.32°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	19.88±0.15 km; 20.049±0.054 km; 26.64 km (calculated)
Synodic rotation period	9.80±0.05 h
Geometric albedo	0.057 (assumed); 0.112±0.016; 0.1211±0.0122
Spectral type	C
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.4 · 11.5 · 11.6 · 11.89±0.21

3277 Aaronson, provisional designation 1984 AF₁, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station, near Flagstaff, Arizona, on 8 January 1984, and named in memory of astronomer Marc Aaronson.^[8]

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