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2956 Yeomans

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Discovered by
  
E. Bowell

MPC designation
  
2956

Observation arc
  
41.23 yr (15061 days)

Inclination
  
2.868566°

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Anderson Mesa Station

Discovery date
  
28 April 1982

Alternative names
  
1982 HN1

Discovered
  
28 April 1982

Argument of perihelion
  
124.22692°

Discoverer
  
Edward L. G. Bowell

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
3.0153119 AU (451.08424 Gm)

2956 Yeomans (1982 HN1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is named after Donald Keith Yeomans, an American astronomer.

  • In the 1995 Sliders first-season episode "Last Days", asteroid 2956 Yeomans (misspelled Yeoman in the episode) was the asteroid responsible for almost destroying the Earth by impact.

    • References

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