(4252) Godwin
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Asteroid (4252) Godwin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,654 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.14 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.283 AU - 3.024 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.5 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 164.28 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.32 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | September 11, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 RG 4 , 1984 HE |
| 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. | |
(4252) Godwin is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1985 by Henri Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory .
The asteroid was named after Richard Godwin (* 1955), a board member of the Space Frontier Foundation .
Web links
- (4252) Godwin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .