Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Schelte J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring |
Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (4432) McGraw-Hill |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 14055 days (38.48 yr) |
Aphelion | 2.8984 AU (433.59 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.8733 AU (280.24 Gm) |
2.3858 AU (356.91 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.21484 |
3.69 yr (1346.0 d) | |
334.23° | |
0° 16m 2.82s / day | |
Inclination | 0.46153° |
115.11° | |
246.39° | |
Earth MOID | 0.868552 AU (129.9335 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.54754 AU (381.107 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.504 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 3 km |
14.5 | |
4432 McGraw-Hill is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1347.0198029 days (3.69 years).
The asteroid was discovered on March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course of the UK Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey. On February 18, 1992, the International Astronomical Union officially assigned the name "McGraw-Hill" to the asteroid. The text of the citation, as officially published by IAU Commission 20 in Minor Planet Circular 19897, is as follows: