2658 Gingerich

Gingerich

Discovery
Discovered by	Harvard College
Discovery site	Agassiz Station
Discovery date	13 February 1980
Designations
MPC designation	2658
Named after	Owen Gingerich
Alternative designations	1980 CK
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	83.79 yr (30604 days)
Aphelion	3.9541950 AU (591.53915 Gm)
Perihelion	2.1797889 AU (326.09178 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.066992 AU (458.8155 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.2892746
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.37 yr (1961.9 d)
Mean anomaly	229.05150°
Mean motion	0° 11m 0.599s / day
Inclination	9.499881°
Longitude of ascending node	214.02809°
Argument of perihelion	321.70935°
Earth MOID	1.19256 AU (178.404 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.12101 AU (167.701 Gm)
TJupiter	3.146
Physical characteristics
Synodic rotation period	2.9392 h (0.12247 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.4

2658 Gingerich (1980 CK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1980 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station. It rotates quickly, with a spin period of 2.9415 hours. Gingerich is also suspected to be a binary asteroid, due to a decrease in the magnitude of its lightcurve observed on November 20, 2005. ^[1] It is named for Owen Gingerich.

External links

• 2658 Gingerich at the JPL Small-Body Database