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1241 Dysona

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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

1241 Dysona

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.

References

1241 Dysona Wikipedia