2024 McLaughlin
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 October 1952 |
| Designations | |
| (2024) McLaughlin | |
Named after | Dean B. McLaughlin (American astronomer) |
| 1952 UR · 1938 WP 1982 BX4 | |
| main-belt · Vesta | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 78.35 yr (28,619 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6479 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0019 AU |
| 2.3249 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1389 |
| 3.54 yr (1,295 days) | |
| 126.79° | |
| 0° 16m 40.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.3117° |
| 69.231° | |
| 291.34° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7.915±0.079 |
| 0.173±0.020 | |
| 12.9 | |
2024 McLaughlin, provisional designation 1952 UR, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered 23 October 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, and named after American astronomer Dean Benjamin McLaughlin.