- 1940 Whipple
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
width = 25em
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
apsis =
name = Whipple
symbol =
caption =
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =Harvard College
discovery_site =Agassiz Station
discovered =February 02 ,1975
designations = yes
mp_name = 1940
alt_names = 1975 CA
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.2719538
perihelion = 2.8427550
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.0701912
period = 1952.6172475
avg_speed =
inclination = 6.55688
asc_node = 264.24858
mean_anomaly = 112.04697
arg_peri = 180.35423
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions =
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo = 0.0613
temperatures=
temp_name1 =
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 =
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 11.001940 Whipple (1975 CA) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onFebruary 02 ,1975 byHarvard College atAgassiz Station .External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1940+Whipple JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1940 Whipple]
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