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4177 Kohman

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Discovered by
  
Edward L. G. Bowell

MPC designation
  
4177

Minor planet category
  
Outer main belt

Orbital period
  
2,195 days

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Anderson Mesa Station

Discovery date
  
21 September 1987

Alternative names
  
1987 SS1

Observation arc
  
11332 days (31.03 yr)

Discovered
  
21 September 1987

Discoverer
  
Edward L. G. Bowell

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Similar
  
Asteroid belt, Sun, 4179 Toutatis

4177 Kohman (1987 SS1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1987 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter. Named in honor of Truman Paul Kohman professor of nuclear chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University.

References

4177 Kohman Wikipedia