3099 Hergenrother
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 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 arc | 76.96 yr (28,111 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4563 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3048 AU |
| 2.8805 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1999 |
| 4.89 yr (1,786 days) | |
| 309.42° | |
| 0° 12m 5.76s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.496° |
| 31.100° | |
| 148.52° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.732±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.