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4354 Euclides

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Euclides
Discovery
Discovered byCornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar
Discovery dateSeptember 24, 1960
Designations
4354
Named after
Euclides
Orbital characteristics[1]
Perihelion242.84638
2.7984280
Eccentricity0.20649284
Inclination7.41695
193.10056

4354 Euclides is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory.[2] It is named after the Greek mathematician Euclid.

References

  1. ^ Associação Nacional de Observação Astronómica Template:Pt icon, retrieved November 14, 2006
  2. ^ *JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved November 14, 2006


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