4358 Lynn
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. H. Cowell |
| Discovery site | Greenwich Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 October 1909 |
| Designations | |
| (4358) Lynn | |
Named after | William Thynne Lynn (astronomer and author) |
| A909 TF · 1943 VB 1981 TO1 · 1985 SD6 1988 GK | |
| main-belt · Eunomia | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 107.67 yr (39,325 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0579 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1567 AU |
| 2.6073 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1728 |
| 4.21 yr (1,538 days) | |
| 296.97° | |
| 0° 14m 2.76s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.084° |
| 15.249° | |
| 260.32° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 9.12±0.37 km 10.53 km (calculated) |
| 3.8377±0.0006 h | |
| 0.21 (assumed) 0.307±0.034 | |
| S | |
| 12.10 · 12.2 · 12.84±0.64 | |
4358 Lynn, provisional designation A909 TF, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by British astronomer Philip Herbert Cowell at the Royal Greenwich Observatory on 5 October 1909. It was named for William Lynn, an assistant astronomer at the discovering observatory.