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2024 McLaughlin

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q546265

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
2023 Asaph[4]
Followed by
2025 Nortia[5]
Absolute magnitude
+12.9, +12.99[16][17]
Albedo
+0.173[36]
Apoapsis
+2.648, +2.64717278501981[27][28]
Argument of periapsis
+291.34170, +291.3529973866822[31][32]
Diameter
+7.915[35]
Discoverer or inventor
Indiana Asteroid Program[1]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[37]
Longitude of ascending node
+69.22791, +69.19431394458104[23][24]
Mean anomaly
+182.40869, +240.5713355855788[33][34]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Named after
Dean Benjamin McLaughlin[3]
Orbital eccentricity
0.14 (0.14–0.14, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
+7.31173, +7.312985910010074[18][19]
Orbital period
+3.55, +1295.011992287478[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.0027974, +2.003119364878581[29][30]
Provisional designation
1938 WP, 1952 UR, 1982 BX4[8][9][10]
Rotation period
+1.15[22]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.3252980, +2.325146074949195[25][26]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Goethe Link Observatory[2]
Show all 26 facts +2
Time of discovery or invention
October 23, 1952[11]
Time of periapsis
+2461430.115423999[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en McLaughlin de (2024) McLaughlin el 2024 Μακλάφλιν fa سیارک ۲۰۲۴ ja 2024 マクラフリン ja マクラフリン ru 1952 UR ru 1938 WP ru 1982 BX4 ru (2024) 1952 UR ru (2024) Маклафлин ru Маклафлин uk 2024 Маклафлін zh 小行星2024
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0f5f5k
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20002024
Minor Planet Center body ID
2024
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "McLaughlin"]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · AbzalM · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Rotation period → 1.15 hour
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → 2.325298 astronomical unit, 2.325146 astronomical unit
    Named after → Dean Benjamin McLaughlin
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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