(2742) Gibson

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( 2742 ) Gibson is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on May 6, 1981 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory (IAU code 695 ) in California, taken on by Eleanor Helin and scolding John bus photographic plates. Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid it had already given several times: on 4 October 1948 ( 1948 TS) at the French Observatoire de Nice, 1953 ( 1953 TT1 ) at the Goethe Link Observatory, Indiana, and on 25 May 1971 ( 1971 KV ) 26 October 1973 (1973 UD2 ) 18 January 1975 ( 1975 BZ) and 1978 (1978 TB8 ) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj.

The orbital data ( 2742 ) Gibson correspond to the Koronis family, a group of asteroids that is named after (158 ) Koronis. The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 2742 ) Gibson are almost identical to those of the two smaller, if we start from the absolute brightness of 16.5 and 16.0 compared with 11.8, asteroid ( 181078 ) 2005 QH26 and ( 241493 ) 2009 BQ172.

( 2742 ) Gibson was named after the American astronomer and asteroid explorer James Gibson on March 28, 1983.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation Eleanor F. Helin France Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (158) Koronis Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California Lutz D. Schmadel
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