Discovered by M. Wolf MPC designation 3034 Climenhaga Minor planet category main-belt Inclination 4.9266° | Discovery date 24 September 1917 Named after John Climenhaga Discovered 24 September 1917 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names A917 SE · 1949 UE11952 KZ · 1970 OC1974 VN2 · 1974 XE1979 BD1 · 1981 XD Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 3169 Ostro, 509 Iolanda, Asteroid belt, 807 Ceraskia, 908 Buda | ||
3034 Climenhaga (A917 SE) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on September 24, 1917 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory. It was named in 1987 for Canadian John Leroy Climenhaga of the University of Victoria, in honour of his work in Astrophysics.
A moon was discovered in 2009 orbiting the asteroid with an orbital period of 18 hours and 57 minutes, but the discovery wasn't announced until 2013.
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