Discovered by H. van Gent MPC designation 1925 Franklin-Adams Discovered 9 September 1934 Orbits Sun Discovery site Union Observatory | Discovery date 9 September 1934 Minor planet category main-belt Absolute magnitude 12.1 Discoverer Hendrik van Gent Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Named after John Franklin-Adams (amateur astronomer) Alternative names 1934 RY · 1969 EP1
1970 KH · 1974 KK People also search for Sun, 2945 Zanstra, 1383 Limburgia | ||
1925 Franklin-Adams, provisional designation 1934 RY, is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1489 days (4.08 years). It was discovered on 9 September 1934 by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.
It is named after English amateur astronomer John Franklin-Adams (1843–1912), who created one of the earliest detailed, photographic atlases of the complete night sky (the Franklin-Adams plates or charts). He later donated his 25-cm Franklin-Adams Star Camera (Franklin-Adams photographic refractor) to the Johannesburg Observatory, which lead to the discovery of Proxima Centauri.
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