4354 Euclides

Euclides
Discovery
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

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