4294 Horatius
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4294 |
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Named after
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Horace |
| 4016 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8598192 |
| Perihelion | 2.7450028 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0204853 |
| 1713.5475833 | |
| 50.78660 | |
| Inclination | 4.86865 |
| 339.95311 | |
| 29.40255 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.8 | |
4294 Horatius (4016 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
References
- Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
External links
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