2301_Whitford
2301 Whitford, provisional designation 1965 WJ, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 20 November 1965, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in the United States. The asteroid was named for American physicist and astronomer Albert Whitford. The uncommon L-type asteroid has a rotation period of 14.3 hours.
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2301_Whitford
2301 Whitford, provisional designation 1965 WJ, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 20 November 1965, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in the United States. The asteroid was named for American physicist and astronomer Albert Whitford. The uncommon L-type asteroid has a rotation period of 14.3 hours.
apoapsis (km)
5.7680451005799E8
orbital period (μ)
4143.9675
periapsis (km)
3.7505682163197E8
absolute magnitude
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(2301) Whitford (1965 WJ) – pl ...... dkryta 20 listopada 1965 roku.
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(2301) Whitford es un asteroid ...... k, Brooklyn, (Estados Unidos).
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(2301) Whitford est un astéroï ...... s de Brooklyn, dans l'Indiana.
@fr
(2301) Уитфорд (первоначальное ...... т периодом вращения 14,3 часа.
@ru
2301 Whitford asteroide baten ...... rsity-ek Brooklyn Behatokitik.
@eu
2301 Whitford è un asteroide d ...... itense Albert Edward Whitford.
@it
2301 Whitford, provisional des ...... rotation period of 14.3 hours.
@en
2301 Вітфорд (2301 Whitford) — ...... параметр щодо Юпітера — 3,133.
@uk
Whitford (asteróide 2301) é um ...... o de 1965 por Goethe Link Obs.
@pt
Ο Χουίτφορντ (Whitford) είναι ...... λμπερτ Χουίτφορντ (1905-2002).
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albedo
apoapsis (μ)
5.7680451006e+11
discovery date
1965-11-20
discoverer
epoch
23 March 2018 (JD2458200.5)
former name
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1944 BB1955 BC
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1965 WJ
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1974 MD
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orbital period (s)
3.58038792e+8
periapsis (μ)
3.7505682163e+11
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aphelion
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asc node
background
#D6D6D6
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discovered
1965-11-20
discoverer
discovery ref
 
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discovery site
eccentricity
epoch
2018-03-23
inclination
mean anomaly
mean motion
/ day
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minorplanet
yes
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mp category
background 
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main-belt  
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mpc name
Whitford
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named after
Albert Whitford 
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observation arc
2.72342088E9
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perihelion
period
1.78931592E8
semimajor
spectral type
L S
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