972 Cohnia

Main-belt asteroid

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

  1. ^ "972 Cohnia (1922 LK)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ Buchheim, Robert K. - Lightcurves for 122 Gerda, 217 Eudora, 631 Phillipina, 670 Ottegebe, and 972 Cohnia (2007)
  • 972 Cohnia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
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