- 4674 Pauling
4674 Pauling is an inner
main belt asteroid . It is a member of theHungaria family .cite journal
author=Warner, Brian D.; Pravec, Petr; Kusnirák, Peter; Foote, Cindy; Foote, Jerry; Galád, Adrián; Gajdos, Stefan; Kornos, Leos; Világi, Jozef; Higgins, David; Nudds, Shannon; Kugly, Yurij N.; Gaftonyuk, Ninel M.
title=Lightcurves analysis for Hungaria asteroids 3854 George, 4440 Tchantches and 4674 Pauling
journal=The Minor Planet Bulletin (ISSN 1052-8091). Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
year=2006
date=June 2006
volume=33
issue=2
pages=34–35
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MPBu...33...34W ] It was discovered byEleanor F. Helin on2 May ,1989 fromPalomar Observatory . Pauling measures about 8km indiameter . It is named after the scientistLinus Pauling . It strongly resembles apotato .In
2004 , a team of astronomers at theEuropean Southern Observatory announced that Pauling is orbited by a small moon. The moon has received theprovisional designation S/2004 (4674) 1. It is believed to measure 2.5 km in diameter and to orbit Pauling at a distance of 250 km. The primary period of the system is measured by way of theirlightcurve to be 2.5306 ± 0.0003 hours.References
External links
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-04674.html Johnston's Archive: (4674) Pauling]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.