854 Frostia is a main-belt

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orbiting the

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. It was discovered in 1916 by

Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky (; December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) – October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of 36 numbered minor planets. His last name is also alternatively spelled Beljavskij (nam ...

from

Simeiz Observatory Simeiz Observatory (also spelled Simeis or Simeïs) was an astronomy research observatory until the mid-1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, by the town of Simeiz. Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, it is currently used fo ...

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and is named after

Edwin Brant Frost Edwin Brant Frost II (July 14, 1866 – May 14, 1935) was an American astronomer and longest serving Director of the Yerkes Observatory serving from 1905 to 1932. Biography He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His father, Carlton Pennington ...

, an American astronomer. This asteroid measures approximately in

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. A

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was identified based on

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observations in July 2004 by

Raoul Behrend This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ...

Laurent Bernasconi This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth object, near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and Distant minor planet, distant ob ...

Alain Klotz This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 num ...

, and Russell I. Durkee. It is roughly in diameter and orbits about from Frostia with an

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of 1.572 days.

References

External links

Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)–(5000)
– Minor Planet Center

datasheet, johnstonsarchive.net

Robert Johnston, johnstonsarchive.net

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