2956 Yeomans

Yeomans
Discovery
Discovered by	E. Bowell
Discovery site	Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory
Discovery date	28 April 1982
Designations
MPC designation	2956
Alternative names	1982 HN₁
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	41.23 yr (15061 days)
Aphelion	3.0153119 AU (451.08424 Gm)
Perihelion	2.5161771 AU (376.41474 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.765744 AU (413.7494 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0902352
Orbital period	4.60 yr (1680.0 d)
Mean anomaly	101.51508°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 51.416^s / day
Inclination	2.868566°
Longitude of ascending node	112.22107°
Argument of perihelion	124.22692°
Earth MOID	1.50479 AU (225.113 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.97699 AU (295.753 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.332
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	3.4 h (0.14 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.2

2956 Yeomans (1982 HN₁) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is named after Donald Keith Yeomans, an American astronomer.

In Popular Culture

In the 1995 Sliders first season episode Last Days, asteroid 2956 Yeomans (misspelled Yeoman in the episode) was the asteroid responsible for almost destroying the Earth by impact.

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