(42354) Kindleberger

Asteroid (42354) Kindleberger
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.6864 AU
eccentricity	0.0563
Perihelion - aphelion	2.5353 AU - 2.8376 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	15.9013 °
Length of the ascending node	95.2512 °
Argument of the periapsis	21.7899 °
Sidereal period	4.40 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.17 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.5 mag
history
Explorer	Charles W. Juels , Paulo R. Holvorcem
Date of discovery	February 12, 2002
Another name	2002 CK ₄₃ , 1998 HM ₁₂₀
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(42354) Kindleberger is an asteroid of the main middle belt that was discovered by two amateur astronomers , the American Charles W. Juels and the Brazilian Paulo R. Holvorcem , on February 12, 2002 at the Fountain Hills Observatory ( IAU code 678) in Fountain Hills , Arizona was discovered. Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had previously occurred on April 23 and 24, 1998 under the provisional designation 1998 HM ₁₂₀ at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico as part of the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project.

The mean distance from the sun ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid roughly correspond to the Maria family, a group of asteroids named after (170) Maria .

(42354) Kindleberger was named after the US economist and economic historian Charles P. Kindleberger (1910-2003) in the year of its discovery, on November 20, 2002 .

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