2324 Janice
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 7 November 1978 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2324 |
| 1978 VS4 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.24 yr (29672 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6382855 AU (544.27976 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5322958 AU (378.82606 Gm) |
| 3.085291 AU (461.5530 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1792359 |
| 5.42 yr (1979.4 d) | |
| 100.16797° | |
| 0° 10m 54.73s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.3991346° |
| 315.76474° | |
| 305.51756° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.51555 AU (226.723 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.4327 AU (214.33 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.202 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 23.2 h (0.97 d) | |
| 11.5 | |
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2324 Janice (1978 VS4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus at Palomar. Measurements of the lightcurve made in 2010 give a tentative rotation period of 23.2 ± 0.1 hours. It has a diameter of 28.9 km.[2]
References
- ↑ "2324 Janice (1978 VS4)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Gartrelle, Gordon M. (April 2012), "Lightcurve Results for Eleven Asteroids", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 39 (2): 40–46, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...40G, retrieved 2013-02-21.
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