3034 Climenhaga
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| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1917 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3034 Climenhaga |
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Named after
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John Climenhaga[2] |
| A917 SE · 1949 UE1 1952 KZ · 1970 OC 1974 VN2 · 1974 XE 1979 BD1 · 1981 XD |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 97.73 yr (35,696 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8130 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8360 AU |
| 2.3245 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2101 |
| 3.54 yr (1294.5 days) | |
| 234.25° | |
| Inclination | 4.9262° |
| 10.623° | |
| 313.98° | |
| Known satellites | 1[3] |
| Earth MOID | 0.8284 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.737 h | |
| 12.6 mag | |
3034 Climenhaga (A917 SE) is a main-belt binary asteroiddiscovered on September 24, 1917 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory.[1] It was named in 1987 for Canadian John Climenhaga of the University of Victoria, in honour of his work in Astrophysics.[2]
A moon was discovered in 2009 orbiting the asteroid with an orbital period of 18 hours and 57 minutes, but the discovery wasn't announced until 2013.[3]
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External links
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- 3034 Climenhaga at the JPL Small-Body Database
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