2029 Binomi

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**2029 Binomi**
Discovery ^A

Discoverer	Paul Wild
Discovery date	September 11, 1969
Alternate designations ^B	1969 RB; 1971 BX2; 1976 QV1
Category	Main belt
Orbital elements ^C
Epoch November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.128
Semi-major axis (a)	351.590 G m (2.350 AU)
Perihelion (q)	306.687 Gm (2.050 AU)
Aphelion (Q)	396.494 Gm (2.650 AU)
Orbital period (P)	1316.030 d (3.60 a)
Mean orbital speed	19.35 km/s
Inclination (i)	5.589°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	278.111°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	67.258°
Mean anomaly (M)	24.406°
Physical characteristics ^D
Dimensions	? km
Mass	?×10^? kg
Density	? g/cm³
Surface gravity	? m/s²
Escape velocity	? km/s
Rotation period	? d
Spectral class	S-type asteroid
Absolute magnitude	13.5
Albedo (geometric)	0.1?
Mean surface temperature	~182 K
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The asteroid 2029 Binomi was discovered on September 11, 1969 by the Swiss astronomer Prof. Paul Wild at Zimmerwald observatory near Bern, Switzerland. The asteroid was named Binomi by Wild after one of his students had answered in an astronomy exam that a (virtual) mathematician "Binomi", who lived in the same time as (real) mathematician Bernoulli, had invented the Binomial equations, ignoring that binom simply comes from Latin Bi (two) and nomen (name, term).

Although Binomi has an orbit similar to the Vesta family asteroids, it was found to be an unrelated interloper on the basis of its non-matching spectral type.