Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Z. Vávrová |
Discovery site | Kleť Observatory |
Discovery date | 3 October 1980 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2442 Corbett |
Named after
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Jim Corbett |
1980 TO · 1928 RA 1942 GE · 1951 YN1 1954 QO · 1971 BB3 1976 QZ |
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main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 73.92 yr (27001 days) |
Aphelion | 2.6673 AU (399.02 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.1085 AU (315.43 Gm) |
2.3879 AU (357.22 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.11699 |
3.69 yr (1347.8 d) | |
275.77° | |
0° 16m 1.596s / day | |
Inclination | 5.0953° |
190.64° | |
104.06° | |
Earth MOID | 1.098 AU (164.3 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.49322 AU (372.980 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.519 |
Physical characteristics | |
10 h (0.42 d) | |
12.7 | |
2442 Corbett, provisional designation 1980 TO, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1980 by Zdeňka Vávrová at Kleť Observatory, now in the Czech Republic.
The asteroid was named after Anglo-Indian Jim Corbett (1875–1955), hunter, writer and a great friend of animals.