972 Cohnia
Discovery | |
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Synodic rotation period | 18.472 h (0.7697 d) |
0.0489±0.003 | |
9.50 | |
972 Cohnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, one of several such in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 18 January 1908 by a team in Heidelberg led by Max Wolf. In 2007, lightcurve data showed that Cohnia rotates every 18.472 ± 0.004 hours.[2]
It is named after the German astronomer Fritz Cohn.
References
External links
- 972 Cohnia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 972 Cohnia at the JPL Small-Body Database