(1940) Whipple Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1975 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Where Whipple is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Whipple is 3.09 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1940 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 CA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 37.5 km (#1,056 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 6.95 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0610 |
| Inclination | 6.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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