4045 Lowengrub

4045 Lowengrub
Discovery [1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date9 September 1953
Designations
(4045) Lowengrub
Named after
Morton Lowengrub [2]
(American mathematician)
1953 RG · 1948 VE
1953 RM · 1959 TT
1961 AJ
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Alauda [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc68.89 yr (25,163 days)
Aphelion3.5607 AU
Perihelion2.9011 AU
3.2309 AU
Eccentricity0.1021
5.81 yr (2,121 days)
284.41°
0° 10m 10.92s / day
Inclination21.328°
224.29°
245.47°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions29.61±0.64 km[5]
31.322±0.337 km[6]
32.369±0.319 km[7]
32.78 km (derived)[3]
37.07±1.16 km[8]
9.764 h[9]
0.051±0.007[8]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
0.0614±0.0103[6]
0.062±0.003[5]
C (assumed)[3]
11.00[8] · 11.17[3][6][9] · 11.2[1] · 11.30[5]

4045 Lowengrub, provisional designation 1953 RG, is a dark Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 32 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1953, by astronomers during the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[10] The asteroid was named after American mathematician Morton Lowengrub, dean at Indiana University and one of the fathers of the WIYN Observatory.[2]

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