1721 Wells
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1721 Wells, provisional designation Template:Mp, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 44 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 3 October 1953, by Indiana University's (IU) Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[1] It was named after IU president and chancellor Herman B Wells.[2]
Orbit and classification
Wells orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 3.0–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,043 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination of 16° with respect to the ecliptic.[3]
First identified as Template:Mp at Heidelberg in 1905, WellTemplate:'s first used observation was taken at Turku in 1944, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 9 years prior to its official discovery observation.[1]
Physical characteristics
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Wells measures 43.576 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.045.[4] It has an absolute magnitude of 10.9.[3] As of 2017, WellTemplate:'s spectral type, rotation period and shape remain unknown.
Naming
This minor planet was named in honor of Herman B Wells (1902–2000) chancellor and president of IU. During this time, Wells fostered higher education nationally and internationally.[2] The official Template:MoMP was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 June 1973 (M.P.C. 3508Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[5]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Script error: No such module "webarchive".)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- Template:AstDys
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the JPL Small-Body DatabaseTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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