2537 Gilmore
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 September 1951 |
| Designations | |
| (2537) Gilmore | |
Named after | Alan C. Gilmore Pamela M. Kilmartin (New Zealand astronomers) |
| 1951 RL · 1977 QP2 | |
| main-belt · Eunomia | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.47 yr (23,912 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1130 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1988 AU |
| 2.6559 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1721 |
| 4.33 yr (1,581 days) | |
| 81.217° | |
| 0° 13m 39.72s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.937° |
| 334.99° | |
| 18.786° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.68 km (calculated) 7.221±0.118 km |
| 4.230±0.020 h 4.2302±0.0399 h | |
| 0.21 (assumed) 0.309±0.055 | |
| S | |
| 12.6 · 12.650±0.120 (R) · 12.7 · 12.737±0.002 (R) · 13.19 | |
2537 Gilmore, provisional designation 1951 RL, is a Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 September 1951, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. It was named after New Zealand astronomer couple Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela M. Kilmartin