3640 Gostin

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Gostin
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Shoemaker, C. and Shoemaker, E.
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date October 11, 1985
Designations
MPC designation 3640
Alternative names 1985 TR3
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.4161245
Perihelion 2.0338975
Eccentricity 0.0858933
Orbital period 1212.2624795
Mean anomaly 235.25979
Inclination 4.31005
Longitude of ascending node 289.32284
Argument of perihelion 155.54572
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 12.9

    3640 Gostin (1985 TR3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1985 by Shoemaker, C. and Shoemaker, E. at Palomar.

    It is named after geologist Victor A. Gostin[1] of the University of Adelaide, who in the 1980s discovered the ejecta layer from the Acraman bolide impact at a distance of 300 km from the impact site, within Ediacaran sedimentary rocks of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, which enabled the impact to be dated at ~580 Ma.[2]

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    References

    1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003): Dictionary of minor planet names, 5th Ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Google Books preview, 21 September 2010
    2. Gostin, V.A.; Haines, P.W.; Jenkins, R.J.F.; Compston, W.; Williams, I.S. (1986). "Impact Ejecta Horizon Within Late Precambrian Shales, Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia". Science 233 (4760): 198–200. Bibcode:1986Sci...233..198G. doi:10.1126/science.233.4760.198. PMID 17737290. 
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