2829 Bobhope

2829 Bobhope is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by E. L. Johnson in 1948. It is named after American comedian Bob Hope. Little is known about Bobhope, but it is estimated to measure 38.26 km in diameter.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 5.013 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.46 ± 0.08 magnitude.[1]

References

  1. Carbo, Landy et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.