3031 Houston

3031 Houston
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date8 February 1984
Designations
(3031) Houston
Named after
Walter Scott Houston
(American amateur astronomer)[2]
1984 CX · 1954 EF
1978 NP · 1979 VT1
1981 JL1
main-belt · (inner)
Flora [3][4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63.16 yr (23,071 days)
Aphelion2.4553 AU
Perihelion2.0169 AU
2.2361 AU
Eccentricity0.0980
3.34 yr (1,221 days)
330.84°
0° 17m 41.28s / day
Inclination4.3407°
317.78°
249.40°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.45±0.81 km[5]
6.43±0.14 km[6]
6.430±0.141 km[6]
6.761±0.028 km[7]
7.14 km (calculated)[3]
5.61±0.060 h (half)[8]
11.175±0.0532 h[9]
11.218±0.006 h[10]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.2456±0.0331[7]
0.270±0.028[6]
0.39±0.20[5]
S [3]
12.787±0.001 (R)[9] · 12.80[5] · 12.810±0.080 (R)[8] · 12.9[1][3] · 13.00[6][7]

3031 Houston, provisional designation 1984 CX, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 February 1984, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona.[11] It was named after American amateur astronomer Walter Scott Houston.[2]

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