Discovered by K. Reinmuth MPC designation 2942 Cordie Minor planet category main-belt Absolute magnitude 13 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth | Discovery date 29 January 1932 Named after Cordie Robinson Discovered 29 January 1932 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1932 BG · 1936 KF
1976 GS6 · 1982 BG2 Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 1862 Apollo, Sun, 1419 Danzig, 1056 Azalea, 1635 Bohrmann | ||
2942 Cordie, provisional designation 1932 BG, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29, 1932 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany. The asteroid has a long rotation period of roughly 80 hours.
It is named after of Cordula "Cordie" Astrid Robinson, planetary geologist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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