2980 Cameron
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2980 Cameron |
Named after | Alastair Cameron[2] |
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1981 EU17 · 1977 EL3 1979 SQ7 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 38.34 yr (14,005 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0334 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1012 AU |
| 2.5673 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1815 |
| 4.11 yr (1502.5 days) | |
| 204.52° | |
| Inclination | 7.2769° |
| 172.25° | |
| 254.31° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.1289 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.4 | |
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2980 Cameron, provisionally designated 1981 EU17, is a main-belt asteroid discovered by prolific American astronomer Schelte Bus at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, on March 2, 1981. It orbits the Sun every 4.11 years at a distance of 2.1–3.0 AU.[1]
The asteroid was named after astrophysicist and cosmogonist Alastair G. W. Cameron (1925–2005), who was associate director for theoretical astrophysics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He was an early advocate of the concepts of a turbulent accretion disk solar nebula, and of the origin of the Moon by a giant impact on the proto-Earth. He also studied the nucleosynthesis in stars and supernovae, and the cosmic abundances of nuclides.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2980 Cameron (1981 EU17)" (2015-07-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2980) Cameron. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 245. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2980 Cameron at the JPL Small-Body Database
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