4783 Wasson
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4783 Wasson
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | January 12, 1983 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4783 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1983 AH1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0814877 |
| Peri | 2.0225563 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2074691 |
| Orbital period | 1489.1040396 |
| Mean anomaly | 83.30733 |
| Inclination | 16.60152 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 109.42175 |
| Argument of peri | 357.29800 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0455 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.70 |
4783 Wasson (1983 AH1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 12, 1983 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. The asteroid was named after John Wasson, a professor and researcher of cosmological chemistry at UCLA.[1]
References
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Fifth Edition. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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