2658 Gingerich
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Harvard College |
| Discovery site | Agassiz Station |
| Discovery date | 13 February 1980 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2658 |
Named after | Owen Gingerich |
| 1980 CK | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 83.79 yr (30604 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.9541950 AU (591.53915 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1797889 AU (326.09178 Gm) |
| 3.066992 AU (458.8155 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2892746 |
| 5.37 yr (1961.9 d) | |
| 229.05150° | |
| 0° 11m 0.599s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.499881° |
| 214.02809° | |
| 321.70935° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.19256 AU (178.404 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.12101 AU (167.701 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.146 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.9392 h (0.12247 d) | |
| 12.4 | |
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2658 Gingerich (1980 CK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1980 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station. It rotates quickly, with a spin period of 2.9415 hours. Gingerich is also suspected to be a binary asteroid, due to a decrease in the magnitude of its lightcurve observed on November 20, 2005. It is named for Owen Gingerich.
References
- ↑ "2658 Gingerich (1980 CK)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
External links
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