Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 29 January 1932 |
Designations | |
(2942) Cordie | |
Named after | Cordie Robinson [2] |
1932 BG · 1936 KF 1976 GS6 · 1982 BG2 | |
main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.57 yr (30,890 days) |
Aphelion | 2.5826 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8949 AU |
2.2388 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1536 |
3.35 yr (1,224 days) | |
84.621 ° | |
0° 17m 39.12s / day | |
Inclination | 6.8175° |
116.39° | |
154.85° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 6.657±0.183 km [3] |
80.0 h (3.33 d) | |
0.262±0.029 [3] | |
13.0 [1] | |
2942 Cordie, provisional designation 1932 BG, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1932, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.
The asteroid has a long rotation period of roughly 80 hours. [1] It was named after of Cordie Robinson, planetary geologist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. [2]
Discovery [1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 29 January 1932 |
Designations | |
(2942) Cordie | |
Named after | Cordie Robinson [2] |
1932 BG · 1936 KF 1976 GS6 · 1982 BG2 | |
main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.57 yr (30,890 days) |
Aphelion | 2.5826 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8949 AU |
2.2388 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1536 |
3.35 yr (1,224 days) | |
84.621 ° | |
0° 17m 39.12s / day | |
Inclination | 6.8175° |
116.39° | |
154.85° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 6.657±0.183 km [3] |
80.0 h (3.33 d) | |
0.262±0.029 [3] | |
13.0 [1] | |
2942 Cordie, provisional designation 1932 BG, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1932, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.
The asteroid has a long rotation period of roughly 80 hours. [1] It was named after of Cordie Robinson, planetary geologist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. [2]