5542 Moffatt
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 6 August 1978 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5542 |
| 1978 PT4 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 13518 days (37.01 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.0033029 AU (449.28772 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1725475 AU (325.00848 Gm) |
| 2.587925 AU (387.1481 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1605061 |
| 4.16 yr (1520.6 d) | |
| 299.15005° | |
| 0° 14m 12.273s / day | |
| Inclination | 15.87674° |
| 116.56882° | |
| 263.32340° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.23827 AU (185.243 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.61226 AU (390.789 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.350 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5.195 ± 0.001 h[2] | |
| 12.3 | |
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5542 Moffatt (1978 PT4) is a main-belt asteroid. It is a member of the Maria family.[2]
References
- ↑ "5542 Moffatt (1978 PT4)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- 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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