2940 Bacon
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| 2940 | |
Named after | Francis Bacon |
| 3042 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.4378769 |
| Perihelion | 2.1299959 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2348978 |
| 1696.6308963 | |
| 74.60414 | |
| Inclination | 6.43708 |
| 273.84235 | |
| 117.10544 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.0 | |
2940 Bacon (3042 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
It was named in honour of Sir Francis Bacon[1]
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