Discovery date 13 October 1953 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 13 October 1953 Orbits Sun Discovery site Goethe Link Observatory Discoverer Indiana Asteroid Program | MPC designation 1763 Williams Observation arc 62.43 yr (22804 days) Absolute magnitude 12.8 Named after Kenneth P. Williams Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Indiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program) Alternative names 1953 TN2 · 1939 EO
1953 VJ · 1966 TN | ||
1763 Williams, provisionally designated 1953 TN2, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1953 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory, Indiana, United States.
It was named in honor of Kenneth P. Williams (1887–1958), professor of mathematics at Indiana University. He was known for his textbook, the calculation of the orbits of asteroids and comets, and his detailed analysis of the transits of Mercury from 1723 to 1927. He also wrote Lincoln Finds a General, a five volume book about the U.S. Civil War.
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