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
Orbital characteristics[1]
Perihelion 242.84638
2.7984280
Eccentricity 0.20649284
Inclination 7.41695
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