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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5048 |
| Named after | Professor Moriarty |
| Alternate name(s) | 1981 GC |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0835423 |
| Peri | 2.1673847 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1744754 |
| Orbital period | 1553.8439293 |
| Mean anomaly | 116.53910 |
| Inclination | 1.39325 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 301.73658 |
| Argument of peri | 273.04542 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
5048 Moriarty (1981 GC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1981 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff. Named for Professor Moriarty, a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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