(1764) Cogshall

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Asteroid
(1764) Cogshall
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.091  AU
eccentricity 0.126
Perihelion - aphelion 2,700 AU - 3,482 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.230 °
Sidereal period 5.43 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.94 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 26.2 km
Albedo 0.085
Rotation period 3.624 h
Absolute brightness 11.2 mag
history
Date of discovery November 7, 1953
Another name 1953 VM 1 , 1935 MF, 1939 CC, 1942 VB, 1951 LC, 1952 SM, 1953 XJ, 1964 XG, 1967 GO, 1969 TN 2
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(1764) Cogshall is a main belt asteroid . He was born on November 7, 1953 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn (Indiana) within the Indiana Asteroid Program of the Indiana University discovered.

The asteroid was named in honor of the American astronomer Wilbur A. Cogshall .

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