6084 Bascom
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker E. M. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 12 February 1985 |
| Designations | |
| 6084 Bascom | |
Named after | Florence Bascom |
| 1985 CT; 1978 EC6 1992 BM1; | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 24065 days (65.89 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.8569 AU (427.39 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.7690 AU (264.64 Gm) |
| 2.3130 AU (346.02 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.23517 |
| 3.52 yr (1284.8 d) | |
| 355.50° | |
| 0° 16m 48.684s / day | |
| Inclination | 23.015° |
| 147.28° | |
| 258.61° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.907349 AU (135.7375 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.85411 AU (426.969 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.443 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.74542 h (0.114393 d) | |
| 12.9[1] | |
6084 Bascom (1985 CT) is a main-belt binary asteroid[2] discovered on February 12, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. It is named for the American geologist Florence Bascom.
6084 Bascom is a binary asteroid with a moon (S/2006 (6084) 1) discovered through photometric means by D Higgins, P Pravec, P Kusnirak, L Sarounova, S. Gajdos, A Galad and J Vilagi on 6 February 2006 (2006CBET 389 (6084) BASCOM).[2]
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6084 Bascom (1985 CT)" (2015-09-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b Johnston, Robert. "(6084) Bascom". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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