1952 Hesburgh
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 May 1951 |
| Designations | |
| (1952) Hesburgh | |
Named after | Theodore M. Hesburgh (University president) |
| 1951 JC · 1936 ND 1939 AB · 1940 GQ 1954 XC · 1974 KQ | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 77.14 yr (28,177 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5522 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6708 AU |
| 3.1115 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1416 |
| 5.49 yr (2,005 days) | |
| 175.77° | |
| 0° 10m 46.56s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.255° |
| 78.149° | |
| 339.27° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 32.39±8.33 km 35.55±1.4 km (IRAS:15) 37.501±0.151 km 39.660±0.381 km 41.27±1.19 km |
| 47.7±0.1 h | |
| 0.078±0.005 0.080±0.012 0.0837±0.0130 0.10±0.03 0.1041±0.009 (IRAS:15) | |
| Tholen = CD: · CD: B–V = 0.756 U–B = 0.340 | |
| 10.31±0.33 · 10.32 | |
1952 Hesburgh, provisional designation 1951 JC, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 3 May 1951, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. It was named for Father Theodore M. Hesburgh.