2937 Gibbs

2937 Gibbs
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date14 June 1980
Designations
(2937) Gibbs
Named after
Josiah Willard Gibbs [2]
(American scientist)
1980 LA
Mars-crosser [1][3] · Phocaea [4][5]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc36.75 yr (13,424 days)
Aphelion3.0232 AU
Perihelion1.6160 AU
2.3196 AU
Eccentricity0.3033
3.53 yr (1,290 days)
161.70°
0° 16m 44.4s / day
Inclination21.758°
265.72°
71.849°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.04±1.43 km[6]
5.99±1.20 km[7]
6.35 km (calculated)[4]
3.06±0.05 h[8]
3.06153±0.00006 h[8]
3.189±0.003 h[9][a]
0.23 (assumed)[4]
0.283±0.113[7]
0.30±0.13[6]
S [4]
13.10[7] · 13.2[1][4] · 13.42[6]

2937 Gibbs, provisional designation 1980 LA, is a stony Phocaea asteroid and Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 June 1980, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona.[3] The asteroid was named after American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs.[2]

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