2905 Plaskett
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Ted Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovery date | 24 January 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2905 |
Named after | John Stanley Plaskett |
| 1982 BZ2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 42.87 yr (15659 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0693128 AU (459.16266 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5386533 AU (379.77713 Gm) |
| 2.803983 AU (419.4699 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0946260 |
| 4.70 yr (1715.0 d) | |
| 356.85561° | |
| 0° 12m 35.69s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.900940° |
| 9.846365° | |
| 219.79308° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.53623 AU (229.817 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.93414 AU (289.343 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.300 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.0 | |
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2905 Plaskett (1982 BZ2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1982 by Ted Bowell at Flagstaff (AM).[1] It is named after the Canadian astronomers John Stanley Plaskett and Harry Hemley Plaskett.[2]
References
- 1 2 "2905 Plaskett (1982 BZ2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Halliday, I. (1985). "Two more minor planets named for Canadian astronomers". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 79: 26. Bibcode:1985JRASC..79...26H.
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