(2996) Bowman
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Asteroid (2996) Bowman |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Hoffmeister family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7812 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0317 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6929 ± 0.001 AU - 2.8694 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.6623 ± 0.0047 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 334.3022 ± 0.5383 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.3302 ± 0.9178 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 19th August 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 4.64 a ± 0.113 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.381 ± 0.250 km |
| Albedo | 0.067 ± 0.005 |
| Rotation period | ≈18.829 ± 3.8487 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Xc |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | 5th September 1954 |
| Another name | 1954 RJ ; 1938 FO; 1940 RW; 1949 QW 1 ; 1956 AC; 1961 EE; 1977 RF 3 ; 1977 TC 2 ; 1984 BD |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(2996) Bowman ( 1954 RJ ; 1938 FO ; 1940 RW ; 1949 QW 1 ; 1956 AC ; 1961 EE ; 1977 RF 3 ; 1977 TC 2 ; 1984 BD ) is an asteroid about 20 kilometers in size in the central main belt . September 1954 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It belongs to the Hoffmeister family , a group of asteroids named after (1726) Hoffmeister .
designation
(2996) Bowman was named after Fred N. Bowman , an amateur astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory . He was born on the day the asteroid was discovered. The name was proposed by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson after a recommendation by Viola R. Bowman .
See also
Web links
- (2996) Bowman in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2996) Bowman in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed September 30, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1954 RJ. Discovered 1954 Sept. 5 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. ”
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2995) Taratuta | numbering | (2997) Cabrera |