2024 McLaughlin

2024 McLaughlin, provisional designation 1952 UR, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered 23 October 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, and named after American astronomer Dean Benjamin McLaughlin.

2024 McLaughlin
Discovery
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date23 October 1952
Designations
(2024) McLaughlin
Named after
Dean B. McLaughlin
(American astronomer)
1952 UR · 1938 WP
1982 BX4
main-belt · Vesta
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc78.35 yr (28,619 days)
Aphelion2.6479 AU
Perihelion2.0019 AU
2.3249 AU
Eccentricity0.1389
3.54 yr (1,295 days)
126.79°
0° 16m 40.8s / day
Inclination7.3117°
69.231°
291.34°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.915±0.079
0.173±0.020
12.9
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