3031 Houston

3031 Houston

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=3031 Houston
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=E. Bowell
discovered=February 08, 1984
discovery_site=Lowell Observatory
alt_names=1954 EF, 1978 NP, mp|1979 VT|1, mp|1981 JL|1, 1984 CX
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=August 22, 2008 (JD 2454700.5)
semimajor=334.601 Gm (2.237 AU)
perihelion=301.690 Gm (2.017 AU)
aphelion=367.513 Gm (2.457 AU)
eccentricity=0.098
period=1221.805 d (3.35 a)
inclination=4.339°
asc_node=317.869°
arg_perihelion=249.624°
mean_anomaly=77.812°
avg_speed=19.87 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=13.0
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~186 K

3031 Houston is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on February 08, 1984 by Edward L. G. ("Ted") Bowell at the Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station. It is not named after the city of Houston, TX, but rather after Walter Scott Houston, an American amateur astronomer well known for his column "Deep Sky Wonders" in "Sky & Telescope" [MPC 10845] .

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3031+Houston JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3031 Houston]


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