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5542 Moffatt

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Moffatt
Discovery
Discovery date6 August 1978
Designations
5542
1978 PT4
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc13518 days (37.01 yr)
Aphelion3.0033029 AU (449.28772 Gm)
Perihelion2.1725475 AU (325.00848 Gm)
2.587925 AU (387.1481 Gm)
Eccentricity0.1605061
4.16 yr (1520.6 d)
299.15005°
0° 14m 12.273s / day
Inclination15.87674°
116.56882°
263.32340°
Earth MOID1.23827 AU (185.243 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.61226 AU (390.789 Gm)
TJupiter3.350
Physical characteristics
5.195 ± 0.001 h[2]
12.3

5542 Moffatt (1978 PT4) is a main-belt asteroid. It is a member of the Maria family.[2]

References

  1. ^ "5542 Moffatt (1978 PT4)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.


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