116903 Jeromeapt
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. W. Young |
| Discovery site | Table Mountain Obs. |
| Discovery date | 11 April 2004 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 116903 Jeromeapt |
Named after | Jerome Apt (astronaut)[2] |
| 2004 GW · 2001 RS104 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15.03 yr (5,488 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8752 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0263 AU |
| 2.4507 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1731 |
| 3.84 yr (1401.3 days) | |
| 265.58° | |
| Inclination | 1.5337° |
| 147.07° | |
| 128.70° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0102 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 17.3 | |
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116903 Jeromeapt provisionally designated 2004 GW, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 11, 2004 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California. The International Astronomical Union approved the name suggested by the discoverer in 2012 and made the announcement in the 29 October 2012 Minor Planet Circular (M.P.C. 80331).
The asteroid is named after Jerome Apt, a former director of JPL's Table Mountain Observatory, former NASA astronaut (four shuttle flights, 1991–1996), and current professor at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University" Jerome Apt.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 116903 Jeromeapt (2004 GW)" (2015-02-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (115001)–(120000)". IAU, MPC. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
External links
- "116903 Jeromeapt (2004 GW)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 2116903.
- 116903 Jeromeapt at the JPL Small-Body Database
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