15017 Cuppy
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Asteroid 15017 Cuppy, July 1, 2004 | |
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | LONEOS |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1998 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Will Cuppy |
| 1998 SS25 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5) | |
| Aphelion | 404.453 Gm (2.704 AU) |
| Perihelion | 291.523 Gm (1.949 AU) |
| 347.988 Gm (2.326 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| 1295.857 d (3.55 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.40 km/s |
| 35.901° | |
| Inclination | 6.219° |
| 63.910° | |
| 347.654° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| ? m/s² | |
| ? km/s | |
| ? d | |
| Albedo | 0.10? |
| Temperature | ~182 K |
Spectral type | ? |
| 15.1 | |
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Asteroid 15017 Cuppy, a main-belt object previously known as 1998 SS25, was discovered on September 22, 1998, by Edward L. G. Bowell of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS), Anderson Mesa Station. It was named in September 2003 for Will Cuppy (1884–1949), American humorist and journalist.[1]
References
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmandel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition, 2006-2008 (Springer, 2009), p. 89. ISBN 3-642-01964-1
External links
- Discovery Circumstances
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser: Orbital Diagram and Information
- Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network: photographic observations of 15017 Cuppy
- 15017 Cuppy at the JPL Small-Body Database
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