4332 Milton
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 5 September 1983 |
| Designations | |
| 4332 | |
| 1983 RC | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 29831 days (81.67 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.3990585 AU (508.49191 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.7702583 AU (264.82687 Gm) |
| 2.584658 AU (386.6593 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3150900 |
| 4.16 yr (1517.8 d) | |
| 278.11152° | |
| 0° 14m 13.89s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.16913° |
| 166.00170° | |
| 198.44808° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.772529 AU (115.5687 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.06423 AU (308.804 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.277 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 5.77 ± 0.3 km |
| 3.2978 h (0.13741 d) | |
| 0.2306 ± 0.028 | |
| 12.8 | |
4332 Milton (1983 RC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 5 September 1983 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar and named for astrogeologist Daniel J. Milton (28 July 1934 -).
Photometric observations during 2008 showed a rotation period of 3.2978 ± 0.0003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.30 ± 0.05 in magnitude.[2]
References
- ^ "4332 Milton (1983 RC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Oey, Julian (October 2009), "Lightcurve Analysis of Asteroids from Leura and Kingsgrove Observatory in the Second Half of 2008", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 36 (4): 162–164, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36..162O
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