4354 Euclides

Euclides
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
MPC designation 4354
Named after Euclides
Peri 242.84638
Semi-major axis 2.7984280
Eccentricity 0.20649284
Inclination 7.41695
Longitude of ascending node 193.10056

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.

References

  1. ^ Associação Nacional de Observação Astronómica (Portuguese), retrieved November 14, 2006
  2. ^ *JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved November 14, 2006