4354 Euclides

Euclides
Discovery
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation (4354) Euclides
Named after
 Euclid
Orbital characteristics[1][2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22321 days (61.11 yr)
Aphelion 3.38060 AU (505.731 Gm)
Perihelion 2.2119999 AU (330.91048 Gm)
2.7962982 AU (418.32026 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.20895422
4.68 yr (1707.9 d)
253.4241°
0° 12m 38.807s / day
Inclination 7.424686°
192.98116°
242.6497°
Earth MOID 1.23765 AU (185.150 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.97199 AU (295.006 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.283
Physical characteristics
13.5

    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 (in Portuguese), retrieved November 14, 2006
    2. 1 2 "4354 Euclides (2142 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.


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