Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Bowell |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
Discovery date | 28 April 1982 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (2956) Yeomans |
Named after | Donald Keith Yeomans (American astronomer)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1982 HN1 · 1950 JG 1974 RN1 · 1977 DL10 |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (middle) [3] |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 42.45 yr (15,504 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0155 AU |
Perihelion | 2.5142 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.7648 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0907 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.60 yr (1,679 days) |
Mean anomaly | 229.98° |
Mean motion | 0° 12m 51.84s / day |
Inclination | 2.8688° |
Longitude of ascending node | 112.21° |
Argument of perihelion | 124.34° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 9.350±0.183 km[4][5] 11.30 km (derived)[3] |
Synodic rotation period | 3.4±0.1 h[6] 3.509±0.0158 h[7] |
Geometric albedo | 0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.292±0.014[4][5] |
Spectral type | SMASS = Sr [1] · S [3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1[5][3] · 12.3[1] · 12.39±0.07[8] · 12.878±0.003 (S)[7] |
2956 Yeomans, provisional designation 1982 HN1, is a stony asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1982, by astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in near Flagstaff, Arizona.[9] It was named after American astronomer Donald Keith Yeomans.[2]
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