5542 Moffatt

Moffatt
Designations
MPC designation	5542
Alternative names	1978 PT4
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.9997487
Perihelion	2.1771079
Eccentricity	0.1589074
Orbital period	1521.0820065
Mean anomaly	356.28880
Inclination	15.86725
Longitude of ascending node	116.62007
Argument of perihelion	263.47421
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	5.195 ± 0.001 h^[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.4

5542 Moffatt (1978 PT4) is a main-belt asteroid. It is a member of the Maria family.^[1]

References

1 2 Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.

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