4608 Wodehouse
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. Debehogne |
| Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
| Discovery date | 19 January 1988 |
| Designations | |
| (4608) Wodehouse | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwʊdhaʊs/ |
Named after | P. G. Wodehouse (English author) |
| 1988 BW3 · 1954 SG 1978 GO4 · 1983 TD | |
| main-belt · (inner) background · Ceres trojan | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.14 yr (23,794 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8779 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8460 AU |
| 2.3619 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2184 |
| 3.63 yr (1,326 days) | |
| 103.56° | |
| 0° 16m 17.4s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.4477° |
| 203.17° | |
| 202.65° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7.629±0.069 km 7.912±0.161 km 8.18 km (calculated) |
| 13.944±0.002 h 13.95±0.01 h | |
| 0.1958±0.0233 0.20 (assumed) 0.210±0.018 | |
| L · C (SDSS-MFB) | |
| 12.8 · 12.9 · 13.24±0.20 | |
4608 Wodehouse, provisional designation 1988 BW3, is a background asteroid and suspected trojan of Ceres from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 January 1988, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The asteroid was named after English writer P. G. Wodehouse.