2024 McLaughlin
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 October 1952 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2024 McLaughlin |
Named after | Dean B. McLaughlin (astronomer)[2] |
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1952 UR · 1938 WP 1982 BX4 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 76.75 yr (28,032 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6482 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0018 AU |
| 2.3250 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1389 |
| 3.55 yr (1,295 days) | |
| 264.24° | |
| Inclination | 7.3115° |
| 69.237° | |
| 291.49° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.9 | |
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2024 McLaughlin, provisional designation 1952 UR, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered 23 October 23, 1952 by Indiana Asteroid Program at U.S Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana.[3]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.6 AU once every three and a half years (1,295 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.14 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the ecliptic plane. Little is known about the asteroids size, composition, albedo and rotation, despite having a well-observed orbit with the lowest possible uncertainty (i.e. a condition code of 0) and an observation arc that spans over a time period of more than 75 years.[1]
It is named in memory of American astronomer and geologist Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965) at Swarthmore College and the University of Michigan. As an astronomical spectroscopist he was the first to rigorously measure stellar rotation, notably the one of Algol. As a geologist he was one of the first to interpret the telescopically observable markings on Mars, which were later confirmed by direct observations from spacecraft (also see Albedo features).[2] The lunar and Martian crater McLaughlin are also named in his honour.
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2024 McLaughlin (1952 UR)" (2015-08-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2024) McLaughlin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 164. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
- ↑ "2024 McLaughlin (1952 UR)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- JPL – Orbit Diagramm of 2024 McLaughlin (1952 UR)
- 2024 McLaughlin at the JPL Small-Body Database
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