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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1983 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2959 |
| Named after | Hans Scholl |
| Alternate name(s) | 1983 RE2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 5.0318370 |
| Peri | 2.8624028 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2748123 |
| Orbital period | 2864.3027046 |
| Mean anomaly | 13.07267 |
| Inclination | 5.23223 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 121.33100 |
| Argument of peri | 284.63592 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0503 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.20 |
2959 Scholl (1983 RE2) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named after the German astronomer Hans Scholl.
It is the 67th most dangerous asteroid, as classified by NASA. NASA considers 2959 Scholl to be on a trajectory within 75,000 miles of Earth on May 21st, 2017.[1]
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