3099 Hergenrother

3099 Hergenrother
Discovery
Discovered byY. Väisälä
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date3 April 1940
Designations
(3099) Hergenrother
Named after
Carl Hergenrother
(American astronomer)
1940 GF · 1969 EF1
1972 VV · 1979 KE
1980 NT · 1984 HB
1984 JG
main-belt · (outer)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc76.96 yr (28,111 days)
Aphelion3.4563 AU
Perihelion2.3048 AU
2.8805 AU
Eccentricity0.1999
4.89 yr (1,786 days)
309.42°
0° 12m 5.76s / day
Inclination15.496°
31.100°
148.52°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.732±0.110 km
29.21 km (calculated)
24.266±0.007 h
0.057 (assumed)
0.224±0.016
C
11.4

    3099 Hergenrother, provisional designation 1940 GF, is an asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 April 1940, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland, and named after American astronomer Carl Hergenrother in 1996.