2956 Yeomans

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2956 Yeomans
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by E. Bowell
Discovery site Anderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date28 April 1982
Designations
(2956) Yeomans
Named after
 Donald Keith Yeomans
(American astronomer) [2]
1982 HN1 ·1950 JG
1974 RN1 ·1977 DL10
main-belt  ·(middle)  [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 42.45 yr (15,504 days)
Aphelion 3.0155 AU
Perihelion 2.5142 AU
2.7648 AU
Eccentricity 0.0907
4.60 yr (1,679 days)
229.98°
0° 12m 51.84s / day
Inclination 2.8688°
112.21°
124.34°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.350±0.183 km [4] [5]
11.30 km (derived) [3]
3.4±0.1 h [6]
3.509±0.0158 h [7]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
0.292±0.014 [4] [5]
SMASS = Sr  [1]  · S   [3]
12.1 [5] [3]  ·12.3 [1]  ·12.39±0.07 [8]  ·12.878±0.003(S) [7]

    2956 Yeomans, provisional designation 1982 HN1, is a stony asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1982, by astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in near Flagstaff, Arizona. [9] It was named after American astronomer Donald Keith Yeomans. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Yeomans is a non-family asteroid from the asteroid belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.5–3.0  AU once every 4 years and 7 months (1,679 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    The asteroid was first identified as 1950 JG at the Johannesburg Observatory in May 1950. The body's observation arc begins with its identification as 1974 RN1 at Crimea–Nauchnij in September 1974, almost 8 years prior to its official discovery observation at Anderson Mesa. [9]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Yeomans is an Sr-subtype that transitions from the stony S-types to the uncommon R-type asteroids. [1]

    Rotation period

    In April 2014, a rotational lightcurve of Yeomans was obtained from photometric observations made at the Isaac Aznar Observatory in Spain. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 3.4 hours with a brightness variation of 0.28 magnitude ( U=2 ). [6] A similar period of 3.509 hours with an amplitude of 0.24 magnitude was found by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in October 2011 ( U=2 ). [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Yeomans measures 9.350 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.292. [4] [5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and derives a diameter of 11.30 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.1. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after American astronomer Donald Keith Yeomans, a celestial mechanician at JPL and astrometry-expert of the International Halley Watch. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 September 1986 ( M.P.C. 11158). [10]

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