4765 Wasserburg

4765 Wasserburg
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date 5 May 1986
Designations
MPC designation 4765 Wasserburg
Named after
Gerald J. Wasserburg
1986 JN1; 1983 EA1
1986 LF
main-belt (inner)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 11969 days (32.77 yr)
Aphelion 2.0624 AU (308.53 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8285 AU (273.54 Gm)
1.9454 AU (291.03 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.060107
2.71 yr (991.10 d)
19.713°
 21m 47.628s / day
Inclination 23.710°
76.554°
108.19°
Earth MOID 0.874757 AU (130.8618 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 3.02036 AU (451.839 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.792
Physical characteristics
3.6231 h (0.15096 d)
13.7

    4765 Wasserburg (1986 JN1) is an inner main-belt binary asteroid[2] discovered on May 5, 1986 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. It was found to have a moon using lightcurve observations in 2013.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4765 Wasserburg (1986 JN1)" (2015-03-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Johnston, Robert. "(4765) Wasserburg". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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