2301 Whitford
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 20 November 1965 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2301 |
Named after | Albert Whitford |
| 1965 WJ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.35 yr (30810 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.8508969 AU (576.08598 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5039165 AU (374.58058 Gm) |
| 3.177407 AU (475.3333 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2119622 |
| 5.66 yr (2068.7 d) | |
| 322.06546° | |
| 0° 10m 26.466s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.64838° |
| 79.03838° | |
| 7.643025° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.52015 AU (227.411 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.42003 AU (212.433 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.134 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.2751 h (0.59480 d) | |
| 11.1 | |
|
| |
2301 Whitford (1965 WJ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 20, 1965 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory. The asteroid is named in honor of Albert Whitford.[2]
References
- ↑ "2301 Whitford (1965 WJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.