84882 Table Mountain

84882 Table Mountain
Discovery
Discovered byJ. W. Young
Discovery siteTable Mountain Obs.
Discovery date1 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 arc20.71 yr (7,565 d)
Aphelion3.4081 AU
Perihelion1.8620 AU
2.6351 AU
Eccentricity0.2934
4.28 yr (1,562 d)
10.961°
0° 13m 49.44s / day
Inclination13.857°
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.