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2001 Einstein is an inner main belt asteroid discovered on March 5 1973. It is a member of the Hungaria family. It is named in honour of the German-American physicist and Nobelist Albert Einstein.Arthur C. Clarke joked in the postscript of his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey that he was hoping asteroid 2001 would be named after him but it was named for Einstein first.

apoapsis (km)
3.17776e+11
average speed (km/s)
76932.0
orbital period (μ)
8.48356e+07
periapsis (km)
2.60674e+11
temperature (K)
200.0
absolute magnitude
12.85
albedo
0.1
discovery date
1973-03-05
discoverer
Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)
epoch
June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
former name
1973 EB
rotation period (s)
19310.4

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