Discovered by Shoemaker, C. MPC designation 3927 Observation arc 13764 days (37.68 yr) Inclination 1.95268° Discovery site Palomar Observatory | Discovery date 5 May 1981 Alternative names 1981 JA2 Discovered 5 May 1981 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 2.4921244 AU (372.81650 Gm) Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemak, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 118P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
3927 Feliciaplatt (1981 JA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Origin of the name
As part of a class taught by Gene Shoemaker at Caltech, I was lucky to discover two asteroids: (3237) Victorplatt (named after my father) and (3259) Brownlee. I named 3237, but I was too slow in naming 3259, so Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker named it after a fellow asteroid researcher, Don Brownlee. They very generously allowed me to name an asteroid they discovered in return: (3927) Feliciaplatt (named after my mother).
References
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