4177 Kohman
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | 21 September 1987 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4177 |
| 1987 SS1 | |
| Outer main belt [2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 11332 days (31.03 yr) |
| Aphelion | 4.24286 AU (634.723 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.35730 AU (352.647 Gm) |
| 3.30008 AU (493.685 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.285684 |
| 6.00 yr (2189.7 d) | |
| 251.559° | |
| 0° 9m 51.862s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.1745° |
| 210.698° | |
| 157.947° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.36505 AU (204.209 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.29757 AU (194.114 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.035 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.7,[4] 12.9[2] | |
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4177 Kohman (1987 SS1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1987 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[5] Named in honor of Truman Paul Kohman professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- 1 2 3 "4177 Kohman (1987 SS1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "(4177) Kohman". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 11, 2008.
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- ↑ Roig; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; et al. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz; International Astronomical Union (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 357. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
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