3352 McAuliffe

3352 McAuliffe
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. G. Thomas
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date6 February 1981
Designations
(3352) McAuliffe
Pronunciation/məˈkɔːlɪf/
Named after
Christa McAuliffe
(Challenger crew member)[2]
1981 CW
NEO · Amor [1][3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc36.34 yr (13,275 days)
Aphelion2.5725 AU
Perihelion1.1855 AU
1.8790 AU
Eccentricity0.3691
2.58 yr (941 days)
73.070°
0° 22m 57.72s / day
Inclination4.7727°
107.37°
15.941°
Earth MOID0.2041 AU · 79.5 LD
Physical characteristics
Dimensions1.99 km (derived)[4]
2.2060±0.0003 h[5]
2.2062±0.0002 h[a]
2.207±0.002 h[6]
2.212±0.002 h[b]
6 h (dated)[c]
0.18 (assumed)[4]
SMASS = A [1]
SQ [7] · A [4]
15.54±0.1 (R)[c] · 15.8[1] · 16.00±0.18[7] · 16.068±0.112[4][8]

3352 McAuliffe (/məˈkɔːlɪf/), provisional designation 1981 CW, is a rare-type asteroid and suspected binary system, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 February 1981, by American astronomer Norman Thomas at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, United States.[3]

Originally, this asteroid was the target of the 1998 Deep Space 1 mission, but that mission was eventually rerouted to 9969 Braille.[9] It was named in memory of Challenger crew member Christa McAuliffe.[2]

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