2942 Cordie

2942 Cordie
Discovery [1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date29 January 1932
Designations
(2942) Cordie
Named after
Cordie Robinson[2]
1932 BG · 1936 KF
1976 GS6 · 1982 BG2
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc84.57 yr (30,890 days)
Aphelion2.5826 AU
Perihelion1.8949 AU
2.2388 AU
Eccentricity0.1536
3.35 yr (1,224 days)
84.621°
0° 17m 39.12s / day
Inclination6.8175°
116.39°
154.85°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.657±0.183 km[3]
80.0 h (3.33 d)
0.262±0.029[3]
13.0[1]

2942 Cordie, provisional designation 1932 BG, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1932, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.

The asteroid has a long rotation period of roughly 80 hours.[1] It was named after of Cordie Robinson, planetary geologist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.[2]

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