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2940 Bacon (3042 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.It was named in honour of Sir Francis Bacon

apoapsis (km)
5.14299e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.46589e+08
periapsis (km)
3.18643e+11
absolute magnitude
14.0
discovery date
1960-09-24
discoverer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels
epoch
May 14 2008
former name
3042 P-L

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