37452 Spirit
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37452 Spirit (provisional designation 4282 P-L) is a dark Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
Designations | |
(37452) Spirit | |
Named after | Spirit (rover) (Mars Exploration Rover)[2] |
4282 P-L · 2000 WD183 2000 WO133 | |
main-belt · (outer)[1] · Hildian[3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 56.28 yr (20,555 days) |
Aphelion | 4.8206 AU |
Perihelion | 3.0794 AU |
3.9500 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2204 |
7.85 yr (2,867 days) | |
55.498° | |
0° 7m 31.8s / day | |
Inclination | 8.2643° |
352.31° | |
48.191° | |
Jupiter MOID | 0.8488 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 8.889±0.756 km[4] |
0.056±0.022[4] | |
14.2[1] | |
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The asteroid was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Dutch astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory, California.[3] It was named after NASA's Spirit Mars rover.[2]