(84882) Table Mountain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2003 by J. W. Young at Wrightwood.
Table Mountain, California, was developed by the Smithsonian Institution in 1924 to conduct studies of the solar constant. In 1958 the Jet Propulsion Laboratory began solar panel tests at this site, now a NASA facility where atmospheric study groups and optical astronomy conduct daily science year round.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Table Mountain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Table Mountain is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 84882 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 CN16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.02 km (#15,157 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.294 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.861 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.