2937 Gibbs

Gibbs
Discovery
Discovered by	Bowell, E.
Discovery site	Flagstaff (AM)
Discovery date	14 June 1980
Designations
MPC designation	2937
Named after	Josiah Willard Gibbs
Alternative names	1980 LA
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	35.16 yr (12844 days)
Aphelion	3.0239007 AU (452.36911 Gm)
Perihelion	1.6161719 AU (241.77587 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.320036 AU (347.0724 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.3033851
Orbital period	3.53 yr (1290.7 d)
Mean anomaly	354.26734°
Mean motion	0° 16^m 44.071^s / day
Inclination	21.75645°
Longitude of ascending node	265.72259°
Argument of perihelion	71.89335°
Earth MOID	0.727441 AU (108.8236 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.60686 AU (389.981 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.425
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	3.06153 h (0.127564 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.1

2937 Gibbs (1980 LA) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on June 14, 1980 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM).

References

Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

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