. "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"@en . . "14.0"^^ . . "3.18643e+11"^^ . "1.46589e+08"^^ . "3042 P-L"@en . "Bacon"@en . "1960-09-24Z"^^ . "May 14, 2008" . "5.14299e+11"^^ .