1852 Carpenter
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 1 April 1955 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (1852) Carpenter |
|
Named after
|
Edwin Carpenter (astronomer) |
| 1955 GA · 1931 TT2 1937 WH · 1939 FK |
|
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.44 yr (30841 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1950 AU (477.97 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8357 AU (424.21 Gm) |
| 3.0154 AU (451.10 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.059582 |
| 5.24 yr (1912.5 d) | |
| 331.23° | |
| 0° 11m 17.628s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.177° |
| 95.468° | |
| 350.42° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.85225 AU (277.093 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.98854 AU (297.481 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.217 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 22.9 km |
|
Mean radius
|
11.445 ± 0.95 km |
| 0.1224 ± 0.024 | |
| 11.3 | |
1852 Carpenter, provisional designation 1955 GA, is a main-belt asteroid which was discovered on 1 April 1955, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.2 AU every 5.24 years and measures about 23 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was named after American astronomer Edwin Francis Carpenter (1898–1963), second director of the Steward Observatory who researched spectroscopic binaries and interacting galaxies. He played a major role in enabling the construction of the Kitt Peak National Observatory.
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