10979 Fristephenson

10979 Fristephenson
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date29 September 1973
Designations
(10979) Fristephenson
Named after
Francis Richard Stephenson[1]
(British historian of astronomy)
4171 T-2 · 4386 T-3
main-belt[1][2] · (inner)
Sulamitis[3]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc44.52 yr (16,260 d)
Aphelion2.6597 AU
Perihelion2.2555 AU
2.4576 AU
Eccentricity0.0822
3.85 yr (1,407 d)
292.96°
0° 15m 20.88s / day
Inclination5.5613°
138.32°
122.19°
Physical characteristics
5.327±0.069 km[4]
0.057±0.009[4]
C (SDSS-MOC)[5]
15.1[2]

10979 Fristephenson (provisional designation 4171 T-2) is a carbonaceous Sulamitis asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey on 29 September 1973, by Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The dark C-type asteroid was named for British historian of astronomy Francis Richard Stephenson.[1]

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