| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 29 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 arc | 84.57 yr (30,890 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5826AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8949 AU |
| 2.2388 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1536 |
| 3.35yr (1,224 days) | |
| 84.621° | |
| 0° 17m 39.12s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.8175° |
| 116.39° | |
| 154.85° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.657±0.183 km[3] |
| 80.0 h (3.33 d) | |
| 0.262±0.029[3] | |
| 13.0[1] | |
2942 Cordie, provisional designation1932 BG, is anasteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1932, by German astronomerKarl Reinmuth atHeidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.
The asteroid has a long rotation period of roughly 80 hours.[1] It was named after ofCordie Robinson, planetary geologist at theHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.[2]
