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954 Li

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Discovered by
  
K. Reinmuth

Alternative names
  
1921 JU

Aphelion
  
3.6711 AU (549.19 Gm)

Discovered
  
4 August 1921

Discoverer
  
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
4 August 1921

Observation arc
  
109.65 yr (40051 days)

Perihelion
  
2.5915 AU (387.68 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid family
  
Themis family

Discovery site
  
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl

Similar
  
528 Rezia, 958 Asplinda, 679 Pax, 540 Rosamunde, 625 Xenia

954 Li is a Themistian asteroid.

It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in 1921 and was named after his wife Lina Alstede Reinmuth, who also had 955 Alstede named after her.

It has the second-shortest name of any minor planet, bested only by 85 Io.

References

954 Li Wikipedia