Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Bowell |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
Discovery date | 21 February 1982 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (2939) Coconino |
Named after | Coconino County (U.S. county in Arizona)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1982 DP · 1952 HU3 1976 ST4 |
Minor planet category | main-belt · Nysa [3] |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 40.69 yr (14,861 days) |
Aphelion | 2.8399 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0394 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.4396 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1641 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.81 yr (1,392 days) |
Mean anomaly | 47.539° |
Inclination | 3.9489° |
Longitude of ascending node | 349.97° |
Argument of perihelion | 237.31° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 5.607±0.177 km[4][5] 9.40 km (calculated)[3] |
Synodic rotation period | 4.68138±0.00004 h[6] |
Geometric albedo | 0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.512±0.043[4][5] |
Spectral type | S [3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5[1][3] · 12.6[4] · 12.92±0.10[7] |
2939 Coconino, provisional designation 1982 DP, is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 February 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, United States.[8] It is named after the Coconino County in Arizona.[2]
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