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2940 Bacon

carbonaceous main-belt asteroid
Thing asteroid Q150394

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2939 Coconino[7]
Followed by
2941 Alden[8]
Absolute magnitude
14.4 (14.2–14.4, n=3)[18][19][20]
Albedo
+0.055[38]
Apoapsis
+3.436, +3.429482943546606[29][30]
Argument of periapsis
+116.80575, +117.211059376118[33][34]
Diameter
+8.953[37]
Discoverer or inventor
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels, Palomar–Leiden survey[1][2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[39]
Longitude of ascending node
+273.71971, +273.6414404393969[25][26]
Mean anomaly
+204.44547, +352.4992671994038[35][36]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[9]
Named after
Francis Bacon[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.23 (0.23–0.24, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
+6.44299, +6.442137239997108[21][22]
Orbital period
+4.65, +1697.853499562522[23][24]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
+2.1335435, +2.141064197708526[31][32]
Provisional designation
1981 ER3, 3042 P-L[11][12]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.7849534, +2.785273570627566[27][28]
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[5]
Time of discovery or invention
September 24, 1960[13]
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Time of periapsis
+2461035.8754039854[40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bacon de (2940) Bacon el 2940 Βάκων fa ۲۹۴۰ بیکن ja ベーコン ko 2940 베이컨 ko 베이컨 ru 1981 ER3 ru (2940) 3042 P-L ru 3042 P-L ru PLS3042 uk 2940 Бекон zh 小行星2940
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0wp_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002940
Minor Planet Center body ID
2940

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
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  7. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
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  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  35. [35] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7849534'}, {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.785273570627566'}
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.65'}, {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1697.853499562522'}
    Albedo → {'amount': '+0.055'}
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