9260 Edwardolson
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1953 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 9260 |
| Alternative names | 1953 TA1, 1991 QH |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8169914 |
| Peri | 1.7637472 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2299289 |
| Orbital period | 1266.0670503 |
| Mean anomaly | 278.57938 |
| Inclination | 5.09760 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 214.69681 |
| Argument of peri | 148.27786 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
9260 Edwardolson (1953 TA1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1953 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory, Brooklyn, Indiana. The name honors astronomer Edward C. Olson of the University of Illinois whose observations demonstrated how the outer layers of mass-gaining stars are distorted, and how angular momentum from the mass-transfer process can spin stars up close to the stability limit.
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