5542 Moffatt

Moffatt
Discovery
Discovery date 6 August 1978
Designations
MPC designation 5542
1978 PT4
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 13518 days (37.01 yr)
Aphelion 3.0033029 AU (449.28772 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1725475 AU (325.00848 Gm)
2.587925 AU (387.1481 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1605061
4.16 yr (1520.6 d)
299.15005°
 14m 12.273s / day
Inclination 15.87674°
116.56882°
263.32340°
Earth MOID 1.23827 AU (185.243 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.61226 AU (390.789 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.350
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. 1 2 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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