972 Cohnia

972 Cohnia
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 18 January 1922
Designations
1922 LK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 110.24 yr (40266 days)
Aphelion 3.7748 AU (564.70 Gm)
Perihelion 2.3388 AU (349.88 Gm)
3.0568 AU (457.29 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.23487
5.34 yr (1952.1 d)
294.244°
 11m 3.912s / day
Inclination 8.3709°
281.530°
93.837°
Earth MOID 1.35728 AU (203.046 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.84632 AU (276.206 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.176
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
37.825±0.95 km
18.472 h (0.7697 d)
0.0489±0.003
9.50

    972 Cohnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, one of several such in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 18 January 1908 by a team in Heidelberg led by Max Wolf. In 2007, lightcurve data showed that Cohnia rotates every 18.472 ± 0.004 hours.[2]

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