(3061) Cook Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1982 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Cook is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cook is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3061 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 22.6 km (#1,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0320 |
| Rotation period | 135 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 3.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 October 1982
- (3376) Armandhammer
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3507) Vilas
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3668) Ilfpetrov
- (3669) Vertinskij
- (3772) Piaf
- (4927) O'Connell
- (4928) Vermeer
- (5316) Filatov
- (6082) Timiryazev
- (7633) Volodymyr
More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell
- (2246) Bowell
- (2264) Sabrina
- (2270) Yazhi
- (2316) Jo-Ann
- (2356) Hirons
- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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