Editing 3412 Kafka (section)

{{Short description|Asteroid}}
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{{Infobox planet
 | minorplanet     = yes
 | name            = 3412 Kafka
 | background      = #D6D6D6
 | image           = 
 | image_size      = 
 | caption         = 
 | discovery_ref   = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | discovered      = 10 January 1983
 | discoverer      = [[Randolph L. Kirk|R. Kirk]]<br />[[Donald James Rudy|D. Rudy]]
 | discovery_site  = [[Palomar Observatory|Palomar Obs.]]
 | mpc_name        = (3412) Kafka
 | alt_names       = {{mp|1983 AU|2}}{{·}}1942 YB<br />{{mp|1977 FF|3}}{{·}}{{mp|1978 PA|2}}<br />{{mp|1978 QE|1}}
 | named_after     = [[Franz Kafka]]<br />{{small|(Austrian–Czech writer)}}<ref name="springer" />
 | mp_category     = [[main-belt]]
 | orbit_ref       = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | epoch           = 4 September 2017 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2458000.5)
 | uncertainty     = 0
 | observation_arc = 74.42 yr (27,182 days)
 | aphelion        = 2.4565 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
 | perihelion      = 1.9925 AU
 | semimajor       = 2.2245 AU
 | eccentricity    = 0.1043
 | period          = 3.32 [[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (1,212 days)
 | mean_anomaly    = 194.88[[Degree (angle)|°]]
 | inclination     = 2.9731°
 | asc_node        = 307.60°
 | arg_peri        = 117.70°
 | dimensions      = {{val|6.084|0.080}} km<ref name="Masiero-2014" />
 | rotation        = {{val|2766|40}} [[hour|h]]<ref name="Erasmus-2021" />
 | albedo          = {{val|0.231|0.076}}<ref name="Masiero-2014" />
 | spectral_type   = 
 | abs_magnitude   = 13.4<ref name="jpldata" />
}}

'''3412 Kafka''', provisional designation {{mp|1983 AU|2}}, is an [[asteroid]] from the inner regions of the [[asteroid belt]], approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 January 1983, by American astronomers [[Randolph L. Kirk|Randolph Kirk]] and [[Donald James Rudy|Donald Rudy]] at [[Palomar Observatory]] in California, United States.<ref name="MPC-Kafka" />{{sfn|Edberg|Levy|1994|p=80}} The asteroid was named after writer [[Franz Kafka]].<ref name="springer" />