Alkon

11169 Alkon
Discovery
Discoverer LINEAR
Discovery Date March 20, 1998
Alternate Designations 1980 TV3; 1991 LP5; 1998 FW33
Category Main belt
Orbital Elements
Epoch July 14, 2004 (JD 2453200.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.192
Semi-Major Axis (a) 367.367 Gm (2.456 AU)
Perihelion (q) 296.686 Gm (1.983 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 438.048 Gm (2.928 AU)
Orbital Period (P) 1405.595 d (3.85 a)
Mean Orbital Speed 19.01 km/s
Inclination (i) 3.777°
Longitude of the
Ascending Node (Ω) 		189.632°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 138.446°
Mean Anomaly (M) 91.371°
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions  ? km
Mass  ?×1016 kg
Density 2 ? g/cm³
Surface Gravity  ? m/s²
Escape Velocity  ? km/s
Rotation Period  ? d
Spectral Class  ?
Absolute Magnitude 14.4
Albedo 0.1 ?
Mean Surface Temperature ~245 K

The Main belt asteroid 11169 Alkon was discovered by the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Ceres Connection program was established in partnership with Science Service (http://www.sciserv.org) to name minor planets for students selected through an essay contest. The winner requested his grandfather's family name be memorialized.

Not much else is known about this probably fairly typical little asteroid.

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