29292 Conniewalker
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29292 Conniewalker (provisional designation 1993 KZ1) is a bright, stony Phocaea asteroid and slow tumbler from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 May 1993, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker and Canadian astronomer David Levy at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States.[10]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | C. Shoemaker D. H. Levy |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 24 May 1993 |
Designations | |
(29292) Conniewalker | |
Named after | Connie Walker (astronomer)[2] |
1993 KZ1 | |
main-belt · Phocaea [3][4] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 33.43 yr (12,212 days) |
Aphelion | 2.8157 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8802 AU |
2.3480 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1992 |
3.60 yr (1,314 days) | |
259.91° | |
0° 16m 26.04s / day | |
Inclination | 25.552° |
89.840° | |
170.01° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 4.57 km (taken)[3] 4.571 km[5] 4.581±0.217 km[6][7] |
30.5 h[lower-alpha 1] 30.6±0.05 h[8] | |
0.3097[5] 0.367±0.049[7] 0.3674±0.0485[6] | |
S [3] | |
13.10[lower-alpha 1] · 13.4[6] · 13.5[1] · 13.59[3][5] · 14.03[9] | |
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