(6084) Bascom
Asteroid (6084) Bascom |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3130 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2353 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7687 AU - 2.8574 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.0144 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 147.2815 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 258.6197 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.52 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.58 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 2.74542 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | February 12, 1985 |
Another name | 1985 CT , 1978 EC 6 , 1992 BM 1 |
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. |
(6084) Bascom is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from February 12, 1985 astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) was discovered.
It was named after the American geologist Florence Bascom (1862–1945), who became the second woman in the USA to have a Ph.D. in geology and from 1895 taught geology at Bryn Mawr Women's College for many years .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Bascom: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Bascom in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6084) Bascom in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).