1940 Whipple

1940 Whipple
Modelled shape of Whipple from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byHarvard College Obs.
Discovery siteAgassiz Stn.
Discovery date2 February 1975
Designations
(1940) Whipple
Named after
Fred L. Whipple
(American astronomer)[2]
1975 CA · 1932 AD
1950 LH · 1962 SH
1970 EC1 · 1971 KD1
1971 KN · A916 AD
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc54.50 yr (19,907 days)
Aphelion3.2556 AU
Perihelion2.8656 AU
3.0606 AU
Eccentricity0.0637
5.35 yr (1,956 days)
18.583°
0° 11m 2.76s / day
Inclination6.5587°
263.80°
179.82°
Physical characteristics
32.57±0.43 km[4]
33.83 km (derived)[3]
33.87±1.3 km[5]
36.34±0.66 km[6]
37.481±0.250 km[7]
40.431±0.471 km[8]
5.78±0.03 h[9]
6.953±0.003 h[10]
0.0430±0.0097[8]
0.054±0.002[6]
0.0560 (derived)[3]
0.060±0.009[4]
0.0613±0.005[5]
C[3][11]
11.0[5][6][8] · 11.1[1][3][4] · 11.16±0.27[11]

1940 Whipple (prov. designation: 1975 CA) is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 February 1975, by the Harvard College Observatory at its George R. Agassiz Station near Harvard, Massachusetts, in the United States, and named after astronomer Fred Whipple.[12]

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