116903 Jeromeapt

116903 Jeromeapt

Discovery [1]
Discovered by	J. W. Young
Discovery site	Table Mountain Obs.
Discovery date	11 April 2004
Designations
MPC designation	116903 Jeromeapt
Named after	Jerome Apt (astronaut)[2]
Alternative names	2004 GW · 2001 RS104
Minor planet category	main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	5488 days (15.03 yr)
Aphelion	2.8736 AU (429.88 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0258 AU (303.06 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.4497 AU (366.47 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.17305
Orbital period	3.83 yr (1400.5 d)
Mean anomaly	316.84°
Mean motion	0.25706°/day
Inclination	1.5341°
Longitude of ascending node	147.08°
Argument of perihelion	128.82°
Earth MOID	1.00828 AU (150.837 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.23603 AU (334.505 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	17.3

116903 Jeromeapt provisionally designated 2004 GW, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 11, 2004 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California. The International Astronomical Union approved the name suggested by the discoverer in 2012 and made the announcement in the 29 October 2012 Minor Planet Circular (M.P.C. 80331).

The asteroid is named after Jerome Apt, a former director of JPL's Table Mountain Observatory, former NASA astronaut (four shuttle flights, 1991–1996), and current professor at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University" Jerome Apt.^[2]

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 116903 Jeromeapt (2004 GW)" (2015-02-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
2. "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (115001)–(120000)". IAU, MPC. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

External links

• "116903 Jeromeapt (2004 GW)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 2116903.
• 116903 Jeromeapt at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters