(2024) McLaughlin

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Asteroid
(2024) McLaughlin
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Page 164 (English)