Discovery date 30 March 1952 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 30 March 1952 Orbits Sun Discovery site Goethe Link Observatory Discoverer Indiana Asteroid Program | MPC designation 1761 Edmondson Observation arc 63.29 yr (23115 days) Absolute magnitude 11.7 Named after Frank K. Edmondson Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Indiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program) Alternative names 1952 FN · 1940 BC
1950 XP · 1952 HT
1955 US · 1969 JK
1978 WY | ||
1761 Edmondson, provisional designation 1952 FN, is a main-belt asteroid discovered March 30, 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana. It is named for astronomer Frank K. Edmondson (1912–2008) of Indiana University, the program's founder and director.
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