Discovery date 12 February 1985 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 12 February 1985 Moon S/2006 (6084) 1 | MPC designation 6084 Bascom Observation arc 24065 days (65.89 yr) Orbits Sun | |
Discovered by C. S. ShoemakerE. M. Shoemaker Alternative names 1985 CT; 1978 EC61992 BM1; Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar 1338 Duponta, Asteroid belt, Solar System, 702 Alauda, 5381 Sekhmet | ||
6084 Bascom (1985 CT) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on February 12, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. It is named for the American geologist Florence Bascom.
6084 Bascom is a binary asteroid with a moon (S/2006 (6084) 1) discovered through photometric means by D Higgins, P Pravec, P Kusnirak, L Sarounova, S. Gajdos, A Galad and J Vilagi on 6 February 2006 (2006CBET 389 (6084) BASCOM).
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