4354 Euclides
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4354 |
Named after | Euclid |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22321 days (61.11 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.38060 AU (505.731 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2119999 AU (330.91048 Gm) |
| 2.7962982 AU (418.32026 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.20895422 |
| 4.68 yr (1707.9 d) | |
| 253.4241° | |
| 0° 12m 38.807s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.424686° |
| 192.98116° | |
| 242.6497° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.23765 AU (185.150 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.97199 AU (295.006 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.283 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.5 | |
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4354 Euclides is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory.[2] It is named after the Greek mathematician Euclid.
References
- ↑ Associação Nacional de Observação Astronómica (Portuguese), retrieved November 14, 2006
- 1 2 "4354 Euclides (2142 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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