Discovery date 20 August 1982 Minor planet category main belt Discovered 20 August 1982 | MPC designation 3225 Hoag Observation arc 13895 days (38.04 yr) Orbits Sun | |
Discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker Alternative names 1982 QQ; 1977 RN7; 1977 SY2 Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar 3131 Mason‑Dixon, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 3671 Dionysus | ||
3225 Hoag is an inner main belt asteroid of 1.780 AU. It is a member of the Hungaria family. It has an eccentricity of 0.0530553 and an orbital period of ~941 days (2.58 years). Hoag has an average orbital speed of 21.72394894 km/s and an inclination of 25.0581°. The asteroid was discovered at the Palomar Observatory on August 20, 1982 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker. It is named after the American astronomer Arthur Allen Hoag. Its Provisional designation was 1982 QQ.
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