39741 Komm

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39741 Komm
Discovery [1]
Discovered by R. Tucker
Discovery site Goodricke-Pigott Observatory
Discovery date 9 January 1997
Designations
MPC designation 39741 Komm
Named after
Rudolf Komm
(helioseismologist)[2]
1997 AT6 · 1999 LM28
Mars crosser[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 18.59 yr (6,790 days)
Aphelion 2.9464 AU
Perihelion 1.4178 AU
2.1821 AU
Eccentricity 0.3502
3.22 yr (1,177 days)
290.53°
Inclination 6.3377°
225.72°
126.19°
Earth MOID 0.4262 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 2.15 km (caculated)[3]
5.95 h[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
15.7[1]

39741 Komm, provisional designation 1997 AT6, is a stony asteroid and eccentric Mars-crosser from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, about 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Roy Tucker at the U.S. Goodricke-Pigott Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, on 9 January 1997.[5]

The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.4–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,177 days). Its orbit shows a high eccentricity of 0.35 and is tilted by 6 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a provisional rotation period of almost 6 hours[4] and an assumed albedo of 0.20.[3]

The minor planet was named after American helioseismologist, Rudolf Walter Komm (b.1957), who contributed in the study of solar activity.[2]

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