3467 Bernheim

Minor Planet | name=3467 Bernheim
discoverer=Norman G. Thomas
discovery_date=September 26, 1981
designations=1981 SF2
category=Main belt (Polana)
epoch=September 19, 2008 (JD 2454729.3)
semimajor=360.387 Gm (2.409 AU)
perihelion=306.573 Gm (2.049 AU)
aphelion=414.201 Gm (2.769 AU)
eccentricity=0.149
period=1365.725 d (3.74 a)
inclination=4.112°
asc_node=105.429°
arg_peri=349.511°
mean_anomaly=220.610°
speed=? km/s
dimensions=15.8 km
mass=? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=13.0
albedo=0.0448
temperature=? K

3467 Bernheim is an asteroid. It was discovered on September 26, 1981 by Norman G. Thomas of Lowell Observatory and was named to honour Robert Burnham, Jr., Thomas' former co-worker at Lowell and the author of "Burnham's Celestial Handbook". A name similar to "Burnham" had already been used for 834 Burnhamia, named after the unrelated 19th century astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham, so Thomas chose the name "Bernheim", a name that Burnham told him had been used by his father's parents in Germany.

External links

* [http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/1997-09-25/news/feature.html "Phoenix New Times" article by Tony Ortega]