2024 McLaughlin
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 October 1952 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2024 McLaughlin |
Named after | Dean B. McLaughlin (astronomer)[2] |
|
1952 UR · 1938 WP 1982 BX4 | |
| main-belt · Vesta | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 76.75 yr (28032 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6485 AU (396.21 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0021 AU (299.51 Gm) |
| 2.3253 AU (347.86 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13900 |
| 3.55 yr (1295.1 d) | |
| 319.89° | |
| 0° 16m 40.692s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.3112° |
| 69.236° | |
| 291.46° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.01155 AU (151.326 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.81375 AU (420.931 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.551 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.9 | |
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2024 McLaughlin, provisional designation 1952 UR, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered 23 October 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[3]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.6 AU once every three and a half years (1,295 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.14 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the ecliptic plane. Little is known about the asteroids size, composition, albedo and rotation, despite having a well-observed orbit with the lowest possible uncertainty (i.e. a condition code of 0) and an observation arc that spans over a time period of more than 75 years.[1]
It is named in memory of American astronomer and geologist Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965) at Swarthmore College and the University of Michigan. As an astronomical spectroscopist he was the first to rigorously measure stellar rotation, notably the one of Algol. As a geologist he was one of the first to interpret the telescopically observable markings on Mars, which were later confirmed by direct observations from spacecraft (also see Albedo features).[2] The lunar and Martian crater McLaughlin are also named in his honour.
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2024 McLaughlin (1952 UR)" (2015-08-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2024) McLaughlin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 164. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "2024 McLaughlin (1952 UR)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- JPL – Orbit Diagramm of 2024 McLaughlin (1952 UR)
- 2024 McLaughlin at the JPL Small-Body Database
