1852 Carpenter

1852 Carpenter
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date1 April 1955
Designations
(1852) Carpenter
Named after
Edwin Carpenter
(American astronomer)[2]
1955 GA · 1931 TT2
1937 WH · 1939 FK
main-belt · Eos[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[5]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc87.87 yr (32,094 d)
Aphelion3.2004 AU
Perihelion2.8329 AU
3.0167 AU
Eccentricity0.0609
5.24 yr (1,914 d)
194.18°
0° 11m 17.16s / day
Inclination11.197°
95.338°
353.15°
Physical characteristics
21.378±0.208[6]
22.9 km
0.1224±0.024
0.128±0.025[6]
11.3[1][5]

1852 Carpenter, provisional designation 1955 GA, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 1 April 1955, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.

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