2874 Jim Young
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 13 October 1982 |
| Designations | |
| (2874) Jim Young | |
Named after | James Young (American astronomer) |
| 1982 TH · 1962 WE 1965 SD · 1972 TD2 1972 XF | |
| main-belt · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 62.99 yr (23,007 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5452 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9444 AU |
| 2.2448 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1338 |
| 3.36 yr (1,228 days) | |
| 118.67° | |
| 0° 17m 34.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.8911° |
| 79.198° | |
| 322.28° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.552±0.099 6.999±0.044 km 7.47 km (calculated) 7.70±0.43 km |
| 131.3 h | |
| 0.1902±0.0435 0.226±0.042 0.24 (assumed) 0.251±0.030 | |
| SMASS = S · S | |
| 12.8 · 13.06±0.03 · 13.2 | |
2874 Jim Young, provisional designation 1982 TH, is a stony Florian asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 October 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona. The asteroid was named after American astronomer James Young.