2939 Coconino
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff |
| Discovery date | 21 February 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2939 Coconino |
Named after | Coconino County[2] |
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1982 DP · 1952 HU3 1976 ST4 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 38.39 yr (14,022 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8403 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0383 AU |
| 2.4393 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1643 |
| 3.81 yr (1,391.5 days) | |
| 200.42° | |
| Inclination | 3.9502° |
| 349.97° | |
| 237.52° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0321 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 4.68138 h | |
| 12.5 | |
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2939 Coconino, provisionally designated 1982 DP, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1982 by Edward Bowell at Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, United States.[1]
Named after Coconino County, Arizona of which Flagstaff is the county seat. The word Coconino derives from the language of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2939 Coconino (1982 DP)" (2015-02-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2939) Coconino. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 242. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2939 Coconino at the JPL Small-Body Database
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