2054 Gawain
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2054 |
| Named after | Gawain |
| Alternative names | 4097 P-L |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.2689914 |
| Perihelion | 2.6564968 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1033661 |
| Orbital period | 1862.6858999 |
| Mean anomaly | 17.31914 |
| Inclination | 3.78693 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 293.55221 |
| Argument of perihelion | 185.04142 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0697 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
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2054 Gawain (4097 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
External links
References
- Behrend, R. (2001) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
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