Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
Discovery date | 23 October 1952 |
Designations | |
(2024) McLaughlin | |
Named after | Dean B. McLaughlin (American astronomer)[2] |
1952 UR · 1938 WP 1982 BX4 | |
main-belt · Vesta[citation needed] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 78.35 yr (28,619 days) |
Aphelion | 2.6479 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0019 AU |
2.3249 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1389 |
3.54 yr (1,295 days) | |
126.79° | |
0° 16m 40.8s / day | |
Inclination | 7.3117° |
69.231° | |
291.34° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 7.915±0.079[3] |
0.173±0.020[3] | |
12.9[1] | |
2024 McLaughlin, provisional designation 1952 UR, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered 23 October 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, and named after American astronomer Dean Benjamin McLaughlin.[2][4]
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