10739 Lowman
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Eugene M. and Carolyn S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1988 |
| Designations | |
| 10739 | |
| 1988 JB1 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 | |
| Aphelion | 4.3925831 |
| Perihelion | 1.8962259 |
| Eccentricity | 0.3969523 |
| 2036.6013468 | |
| 326.11322 | |
| Inclination | 20.05048 |
| 149.79879 | |
| 83.82983 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.5 | |
10739 Lowman (1988 JB1) is a Main-belt that was discovered by Eugene M. and Carolyn S. Shoemaker on Mary 12, 1988 and named after canopy ecologist Margaret D. Lowman.[1]
Lowman makes its closest planetary approaches to Mars but does not make particularly close approaches to it; from 1600 to 2400 it comes within 100 Gm only nine times, with the nearest pass being 81 Gm in 1809.
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References
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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