(2024) McLaughlin
Asteroid (2024) McLaughlin |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
family | - |
Major semi-axis | 2.875 AU |
eccentricity | 0.138 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.004 AU - 2.648 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.313 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 69.262 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 391.682 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | November 18, 2012 |
Sidereal period | 3.55 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
Date of discovery | October 23, 1952 |
Another name | 1952 UR; 1938 WP; 1982 BX 4 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(2024) McLaughlin ( 1952 UR ; 1938 WP ; 1982 BX 4 ) is an asteroid of the main belt , on 23 October 1952 at the Goethe Link Observatory as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program , the American US by astronomer Frank K. Edmondson was initiated, was discovered.
designation
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901-1965).
Web links
- Asteroid McLaughlin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2024) McLaughlin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Page 164 (English)