84882 Table Mountain
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. W. Young |
| Discovery site | Table Mountain Obs. |
| Discovery date | 1 February 2003 |
| Designations | |
| (84882) Table Mountain | |
Named after | Table Mountain Observatory (discovering observatory) |
| 2003 CN16 · 1997 UB9 | |
| main-belt · (middle) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 20.71 yr (7,565 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4081 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8620 AU |
| 2.6351 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2934 |
| 4.28 yr (1,562 d) | |
| 10.961° | |
| 0° 13m 49.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.857° |
| 20.490° | |
| 349.84° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.023±3.023 km 3.027±0.563 km | |
| 0.279±0.146 0.306±0.075 | |
| S/Q (SDSS-MOC) | |
| 14.6 | |
84882 Table Mountain (provisional designation 2003 CN16) is a bright background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 February 2003, by American astronomer James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California. The S/Q-type asteroid was later named after the discovering observatory.