Discovered by Harry Edwin Wood MPC designation 1241 Observation arc 96.10 yr (35102 days) Orbits Sun Named after Frank Watson Dyson Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 4 March 1932 Alternative names 1932 EB1 Discovered 4 March 1932 Discoverer Harry Edwin Wood Discovery site Union Observatory | |
Aphelion 3.5150031 AU (525.83698 Gm) Similar Sun, 588 Achilles, 216 Kleopatra, 45 Eugenia, 12 Victoria |
1241 Dysona (1932 EB1) is a main-belt asteroid 83 km in diameter that was discovered on March 4, 1932, by Harry Edwin Wood at Johannesburg (UO). It was later named in honor of the English astronomer Frank Watson Dyson.
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