4765 Wasserburg
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 May 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4765 Wasserburg |
Named after | Gerald J. Wasserburg |
|
1986 JN1; 1983 EA1 1986 LF | |
| main-belt (inner) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 11969 days (32.77 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.0624 AU (308.53 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8285 AU (273.54 Gm) |
| 1.9454 AU (291.03 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.060107 |
| 2.71 yr (991.10 d) | |
| 19.713° | |
| 0° 21m 47.628s / day | |
| Inclination | 23.710° |
| 76.554° | |
| 108.19° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.874757 AU (130.8618 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.02036 AU (451.839 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.792 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.6231 h (0.15096 d) | |
| 13.7 | |
|
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4765 Wasserburg (1986 JN1) is an inner main-belt binary asteroid[2] discovered on May 5, 1986 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. It was found to have a moon using lightcurve observations in 2013.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4765 Wasserburg (1986 JN1)" (2015-03-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- 1 2 Johnston, Robert. "(4765) Wasserburg". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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