Discovered by P. Jensen MPC designation 3318 Blixen Observation arc 26643 days (72.94 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Karen Blixen Discovery site Brorfelde Observatory | Discovery date 23 April 1985 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 23 April 1985 Discoverer Poul Jensen Asteroid family Eos family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1985 HB; 1943 GP
1950 RT; 1953 CJ
1962 YF; 1970 KB
1972 XL1; 1976 QW1
1979 DH | ||
3318 Blixen, provisionally known as 1985 HB, is a main belt asteroid discovered by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen in 1985. It measures 23.5 kilometers in diameter, and is named after Danish novelist Karen Blixen (1885–1962), best known for the memoir Out of Africa.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 6.456 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 magnitude.
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