Asteroid 7169 Linda


Asteroid 7169 Linda is a main belt asteroid with an estimated diameter of 10 km. It was discovered on October 4, 1986 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. The semi-major axis is 2.22 AU, the eccentricity is 0.201 and the inclination is 4.81 degrees.

Observations of this asteroid were made on nine nights between August and September 2006. The resulting lightcurve was very noisy and the period derived is very uncertain. The derived period was 8.355 hours.



Lightcurve results for 7169 Linda.
Period 8.355 +/- 0.002 hours. Amplitude 0.4 +/- 0.1 magnitude.