Discovered by C. W. Tombaugh MPC designation 2839 Annette Discovered 5 October 1929 Orbits Sun Discovery site Lowell Observatory | Discovery date 5 October 1929 Minor planet category main-belt Absolute magnitude 12.9 Discoverer Clyde Tombaugh Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
 | ||
Named after Clyde Tombaugh's daughter Alternative names 1929 TP · 1937 AB1
1939 UL · 1962 TE
1970 BB · 1972 XF1
1982 VP Similar Solar System, Asteroid belt, Pluto, Sun | ||
2839 Annette, provisional designation 1929 TP, is a main-belt asteroid, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh during his search for Pluto at the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, on October 5, 1929.
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 10.457 ± 0.003 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.92 ± 0.03 magnitude.
The asteroid was named after Clyde Tombaugh's daughter, Annette.
References
2839 Annette Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA