2905 Plaskett

2905 Plaskett

Infobox Planet
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discovery_ref =
discoverer = E. Bowell
discovery_site = Flagstaff (AM)
discovered = January 24, 1982
designations = yes
mp_name = 2905
alt_names = 1982 BZ2
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orbit_ref =
epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.0781151
perihelion = 2.5261903
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.0984823
period = 1713.3106773
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inclination = 8.89830
asc_node = 10.01216
mean_anomaly = 128.50118
arg_peri = 220.24713
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abs_magnitude = 12.1

2905 Plaskett (1982 BZ2) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on January 24, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). [cite web | title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2905 Plaskett | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2905+Plaskett] It is named after the Canadian astronomers John Stanley Plaskett and Harry Hemley Plaskett. [cite journal | author = Halliday, I. | title = Two more minor planets named for Canadian astronomers | journal = Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada | year = 1985 | volume = 79 | pages = 26 | url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1985JRASC..79...26H]

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