2301 Whitford

2301 Whitford
Discovery [1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date20 November 1965
Designations
(2301) Whitford
Named after
Albert Whitford [1]
(American astronomer)
1965 WJ · 1931 TR2
1944 BB · 1955 BC
1967 GK1 · 1974 MD
1976 UA4
main-belt [1][2] · (outer) [3]
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc86.30 yr (31,522 d)
Aphelion3.8557 AU
Perihelion2.5071 AU
3.1814 AU
Eccentricity0.2119
5.67 yr (2,073 d)
100.82°
0° 10m 25.32s / day
Inclination11.653°
78.984°
8.1290°
Physical characteristics
16.56 km (calculated)[3]
17.40±3.72 km[5]
19.47±1.37 km[6]
14.275±0.0049 h[7]
27.1±0.1 h (poor)[a]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.223±0.033[6]
0.240±0.282[5]
L [8] · S (SDSS-MFB)[3][b]
10.80[6] · 10.815±0.003 (R)[7] · 10.97[5] · 11.0[2] · 11.27[3] · 11.52±0.29[8]

2301 Whitford, provisional designation 1965 WJ, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 20 November 1965, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in the United States.[1] The asteroid was named for American physicist and astronomer Albert Whitford.[1] The uncommon L-type asteroid has a rotation period of 14.3 hours.[3]

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