4608 Wodehouse

Wodehouse
Discovery
Discovered by	Coby Ramos
Discovery site	European Southern Observatory
Discovery date	19 January 1988
Designations
MPC designation	4608
Named after	P. G. Wodehouse
Alternative names	1988 BW3
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	23197 days (63.51 yr)
Aphelion	2.8783979 AU (430.60220 Gm)
Perihelion	1.8453475 AU (276.06006 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.361873 AU (353.3312 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.2186931
Orbital period	3.63 yr (1325.8 d)
Mean anomaly	300.65402°
Mean motion	0° 16^m 17.512^s / day
Inclination	7.447116°
Longitude of ascending node	203.17046°
Argument of perihelion	202.61632°
Earth MOID	0.855437 AU (127.9716 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.53169 AU (378.735 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.507
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	13.944 h (0.5810 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.8

4608 Wodehouse (1988 BW3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1988 by Coby Ramos at the European Southern Observatory.

References

Donald P. Pray; Adrian Galad; Stefan Gajdos; Jozef Vilagi; Walt Cooney; John Gross; et al. (2006). "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 53, 698, 1016, 1523, 1950, 4608, 5080, 6170, 7760, 8213, 11271, 14257, 15350 and 17509" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 33 (11): 92–95. Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...92P.

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