2054 Gawain
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| (2054) Gawain | |
Named after | Gawain (Arthurian legend) |
| 4097 P-L · 1973 FG1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 62.52 yr (22,834 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2591 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6716 AU |
| 2.9653 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0991 |
| 5.11 yr (1,865 days) | |
| 315.28° | |
| 0° 11m 34.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.7886° |
| 293.24° | |
| 183.97° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.28±4.94 km 18.042±0.245 km 19.95 km (derived) 20.05±2.1 km 20.77±0.63 km |
| 11.1098±0.0004 h 11.5±0.1 h 11.581±0.0194 h | |
| 0.0444 (derived) 0.06±0.04 0.068±0.005 0.0697±0.017 0.073±0.008 | |
| C | |
| 12.00 · 12.5 · 12.507±0.010 (R) · 12.53±0.34 (R) | |
2054 Gawain, provisional designation 4097 P-L, is a dark and elongated asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory in 1960, the asteroid was later named after Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table in the Arthurian legend.