1952 Hesburgh
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 May 1951 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1952 Hesburgh |
Named after | Theodore M. Hesburgh[2] |
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1951 JC · 1936 ND 1939 AB · 1940 GQ 1954 XC · 1974 KQ | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 75.45 yr (27,557 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5434 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6781 AU |
| 3.1108 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1390 |
| 5.49 yr (2,004 days) | |
| 33.027° | |
| Inclination | 14.232° |
| 78.422° | |
| 338.41° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.6967 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 35.6 km |
| 47.7 h | |
| 0.1041 | |
|
BV = 0.756 mag UB = 0.340 mag tholen = CD: | |
| 10.32 mag | |
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1952 Hesburgh, provisionally designated 1951 JC, is an asteroid of the main-belt, discovered on 3 May 1951 at Goethe Link Observatory, United States by the Indiana Asteroid Program,[1] which discovered more than a 100 minor planets during 1949–1967.[3] The relatively bright asteroid has a diameter of about 36 kilometers.[1]
It is named for Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917–2015), who was president of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. He was also a member of the National Science Board and played a decisive role in the founding the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile during the period of inflation in the 1960s.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1952 Hesburgh (1951 JC)" (2015-09-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1952) Hesburgh. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers". IAU. 4 October 2015. Retrieved October 2015.
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