2815 Soma
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| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station |
| Discovery date | 15 September 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2815 Soma |
|
Named after
|
Soma cube[2] |
| 1982 RL · 1955 MH 1970 AC · 1974 DL 1979 XB1 |
|
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 60.06 yr (21,937 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6112 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8544 AU |
| 2.2328 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1694 |
| 3.34 yr (1218.6 days) | |
| 292.10° | |
| Inclination | 5.7048° |
| 119.88° | |
| 237.58° | |
| Known satellites | 1[3] |
| Earth MOID | 0.8572 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.73 h | |
| 12.6 mag | |
2815 Soma (1982 RL) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1982 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.[1]
Soma is named after the Soma cube, a three-dimensional mathematical game invented by the Danish writer Piet Hein and popularized in articles by Martin Gardner.[2]
A moon was discovered around the asteroid in 2011 from lightcurve observations, with a diameter of 1.74 ± 0.14 km.[3]
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