3402 Wisdom

3402 Wisdom
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date5 August 1981
Designations
(3402) Wisdom
Named after
Jack Wisdom [2]
(American planetary scientist)
1981 PB
Mars-crosser [1][3][4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc41.20 yr (15,047 d)
Aphelion2.7283 AU
Perihelion1.5352 AU
2.1317 AU
Eccentricity0.2798
3.11 yr (1,137 d)
285.37°
0° 19m 0.12s / day
Inclination4.8531°
357.87°
303.69°
Earth MOID0.5266 AU (205 LD)
Physical characteristics
2.05±0.49 km[5]
2.50±0.50 km[6]
2.59 km (derived)[4]
4.9949±0.0001 h[7]
4.9951±0.0001 h[a]
0.20 (assumed)[4]
0.283±0.113[6]
0.32±0.16[5]
S (assumed)[4]
14.85±0.11 (R)[a]
15.00[1][6]
15.13±0.26[8]
15.34[4][9]
15.44[5]

3402 Wisdom, provisional designation 1981 PB, is a stony asteroid and Mars-crosser on an eccentric orbit from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 August 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States.[3] The presumed bright S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 4.99 hours.[4] It was named after American planetary scientist Jack Wisdom.[2]

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