39741 Komm

39741 Komm
Discovery [1]
Discovered byR. Tucker
Discovery siteGoodricke–Pigott Obs.
Discovery date9 January 1997
Designations
(39741) Komm
Named after
Rudolf Komm
(helioseismologist)[2]
1997 AT6 · 1999 LM28
Mars crosser[1][3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc20.15 yr (7,358 days)
Aphelion2.9461 AU
Perihelion1.4189 AU
2.1825 AU
Eccentricity0.3499
3.22 yr (1,178 days)
175.16°
0° 18m 20.52s / day
Inclination6.3383°
225.71°
126.19°
Earth MOID0.4267 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions2.15 km (calculated)[3]
5.95±0.01 h[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
15.7[1][3]

39741 Komm (provisional designation 1997 AT6) is a stony asteroid and eccentric Mars-crosser from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 January 1997, by American astronomer Roy Tucker at Goodricke-Pigott Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, United States.[4] The asteroid was named for American helioseismologist Rudolf Komm.[2]

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