2939 Coconino
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Bowell |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff |
Discovery date | 21 February 1982 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2939 Coconino |
Named after
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Coconino County[2] |
1982 DP · 1952 HU3 1976 ST4 |
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main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 38.39 yr (14,022 days) |
Aphelion | 2.8403 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0383 AU |
2.4393 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1643 |
3.81 yr (1,391.5 days) | |
200.42° | |
Inclination | 3.9502° |
349.97° | |
237.52° | |
Earth MOID | 1.0321 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
4.68138 h | |
12.5 | |
2939 Coconino, provisionally designated 1982 DP, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1982 by Edward Bowell at Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, United States.[1]
Named after Coconino County, Arizona of which Flagstaff is the county seat. The word Coconino derives from the language of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.[2]
References
- Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2939 Coconino at the JPL Small-Body Database
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