1994 Shane
1994 Shane, provisional designation 1961 TE, is a dark Adeonian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 October 1961 |
| Designations | |
| (1994) Shane | |
Named after | C. Donald Shane (American astronomer) |
| 1961 TE · 1939 RN | |
| main-belt · (middle) Adeona | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 77.64 yr (28,358 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2332 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1282 AU |
| 2.6807 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2061 |
| 4.39 yr (1,603 days) | |
| 298.87° | |
| 0° 13m 28.56s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.217° |
| 244.73° | |
| 89.669° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.91±0.93 km 25.00 km (derived) 25.15±0.6 km (IRAS:19) |
| 8 h 8.220±0.001 h | |
| 0.0340 (derived) 0.0640±0.003 (IRAS:19) 0.129±0.014 | |
| S | |
| 11.6 · 11.81±0.86 · 12.3 | |
It was discovered on 4 October 1961, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program conducted at the Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. It was later named after American astronomer C. Donald Shane.
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