4299 WIYN
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 28, 1952 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4299 |
Named after | The WIYN Consortium |
| 1952 QX | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.6285300 |
| Perihelion | 1.8567738 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1720633 |
| 1226.7080513 | |
| 182.21841 | |
| Inclination | 5.08578 |
| 104.47938 | |
| 272.63347 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.1 | |
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4299 WIYN (1952 QX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 28, 1952 by Indiana University's Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. It is named for the WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak in Arizona.[1]
References
- ↑ "WIYN is an Asteroid!", NOAO Newsletter, September 1999.
External links
- 4299 WIYN at the JPL Small-Body Database
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