78577 JPL

78577 JPL

Infobox Planet
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name = JPL
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = James Whitney Young
discovery_site = Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California
discovered = September 10, 2002
designations = yes
mp_name = 78577
alt_names = mp|1995 FJ|13, mp|2002 RE|232, mp|2002 RG|232
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orbit_ref =
epoch = November 30, 2008
aphelion = 3.2247299
perihelion = 2.6586661
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.0962138
period = 1842.8736256
avg_speed =
inclination = 0.72053
asc_node = 142.62698
mean_anomaly = 357.17162
arg_peri = 294.22106
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physical_characteristics = yes
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abs_magnitude = 16.0

78577 JPL is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 10, 2002 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.

Named for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory using its abbreviation JPL, the discoverer's employer.

References

"Minor Planet Circular 53955", 2005 April 07.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=78577+JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 78577 JPL]


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