Discovered by S. J. Bus MPC designation 2980 Cameron Observation arc 14091 days (38.58 yr) Inclination 7.2772° Discoverer Schelte J. Bus Discovery site Siding Spring Observatory | Discovery date 2 March 1981 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 2 March 1981 Orbits Sun Named after Alastair G. W. Cameron Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1981 EU17 · 1977 EL3
1979 SQ7 | ||
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2980 Cameron, provisionally designated 1981 EU17, is a main-belt asteroid discovered by prolific American astronomer Schelte Bus at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, on March 2, 1981. It orbits the Sun every 4.11 years at a distance of 2.1–3.0 AU.
The asteroid was named after astrophysicist and cosmogonist Alastair G. W. Cameron (1925–2005), who was associate director for theoretical astrophysics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He was an early advocate of the concepts of a turbulent accretion disk solar nebula, and of the origin of the Moon by a giant impact on the proto-Earth. He also studied the nucleosynthesis in stars and supernovae, and the cosmic abundances of nuclides.
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