4354 Euclides

Euclides
Discovery
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation 4354
Named after
Euclides
Orbital characteristics[1][2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22321 days (61.11 yr)
Aphelion 3.38060 AU (505.731 Gm)
Perihelion 2.2119999 AU (330.91048 Gm)
2.7962982 AU (418.32026 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.20895422
4.68 yr (1707.9 d)
253.4241°
 12m 38.807s / day
Inclination 7.424686°
192.98116°
242.6497°
Earth MOID 1.23765 AU (185.150 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.97199 AU (295.006 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.283
Physical characteristics
13.5

    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.

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