Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | February 12, 1985 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 6084 |
Named after | Florence Bascom |
Alternate name(s) | 1985 CT |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.857142099676558 |
Peri | 1.769911332682102 |
Eccentricity | .2349725981963074 |
Orbital period | 1285.31686298308 |
Mean anomaly | 290.9872081928246 |
Inclination | 23.01104031407503 |
Longitude of ascending node | 147.32470920828 |
Argument of peri | 258.5539624512422 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.8 |
6084 Bascom (1985 CT) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. It is named for the American geologist Florence Bascom.
6084 Bascom is a binary asteroid with a moon (S/2006 (6084) 1) discovered through photometric means by D Higgins, P Pravec, P Kusnirak, L Sarounova, S. Gajdos, A Galad and J Vilagi on 6 February 2006 (2006CBET 389 (6084) BASCOM)
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