2956 Yeomans
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | 28 April 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2956 |
| 1982 HN1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 41.23 yr (15061 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0153119 AU (451.08424 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5161771 AU (376.41474 Gm) |
| 2.765744 AU (413.7494 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0902352 |
| 4.60 yr (1680.0 d) | |
| 101.51508° | |
| 0° 12m 51.416s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.868566° |
| 112.22107° | |
| 124.22692° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.50479 AU (225.113 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.97699 AU (295.753 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.332 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.4 h (0.14 d) | |
| 12.2 | |
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2956 Yeomans (1982 HN1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is named after Donald Keith Yeomans, an American astronomer.
In Popular Culture
- In the 1995 Sliders first season episode Last Days, asteroid 2956 Yeomans (misspelled Yeoman in the episode) was the asteroid responsible for almost destroying the Earth by impact.
References
- ↑ "2956 Yeomans (1982 HN1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
External links
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