4177 Kohman
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| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 21, 1987 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4177 |
| Alternative names | 1987 SS1 |
| Minor planet category | Outer main belt [2] |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 4.2432 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3679 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.30555 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.283659 |
| Orbital period | 2195.15 days (6.01 years) |
| Mean anomaly | 184.058° |
| Inclination | 17.167° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 210.755° |
| Argument of perihelion | 158.384° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.7 [4] |
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4177 Kohman (1987 SS1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1987 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[5] Named in honor of Truman Paul Kohman professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- ↑ "4177 Kohman (1987 SS1)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- ↑ "(4177) Kohman". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 11, 2008.
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- ↑ Roig et al.; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz; International Astronomical Union (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 357. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
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