4432 McGraw-Hill

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4432 McGraw-Hill
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by S. J. Bus
Discovery site Siding Spring Obs.
Discovery date2 March 1981
Designations
(4432) McGraw-Hill
Named after
 McGraw-Hill Telescope   [1]
(at Kitt Peak, Arizona)
1981 ER22 ·1964 TV
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(inner) [3]
background   [4]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 53.54 yr (19,555 d)
Aphelion 2.8975 AU
Perihelion 1.8747 AU
2.3861 AU
Eccentricity 0.2143
3.69 yr (1,346 d)
188.28°
0° 16m 2.64s / day
Inclination 0.4616°
115.15°
246.30°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
3.042±0.643  km [5] [6]
3.43 km (derived) [3]
inconclusive  [3] [7]
0.20(assumed) [3]
0.254±0.224 [5] [6]
S (assumed) [3]
14.5 [1] [2]
14.69 [3] [6] [7]

    4432 McGraw-Hill, provisional designation 1981 ER22, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. The likely S-type asteroid was named for the McGraw-Hill Telescope located at Kitt Peak, Arizona. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    McGraw-Hill is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [4] It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,346 days; semi-major axis of 2.39 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 0° with respect to the ecliptic. [2]

    The asteroid was first observed as 1964 TV at Purple Mountain Observatory in October 1964. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in February 1977, or four years prior to its official discovery observation at Siding Spring. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    McGraw-Hill is an assumed, stony S-type asteroid, [3] in agreement with the albedo (see below) obtained by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).

    Rotation period

    During the Small Main-Belt Asteroid Lightcurve Survey, McGraw-Hill has been observed photometrically. The observations gave a small brightness variation of 0.06 magnitude but resulted in no useful rotational lightcurve ( U=n.a. ). [7] As of 2018, the body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. [2]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's WISE telescope, McGraw-Hill measures 3.042 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.254, [5] [6] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a stony asteroid of 0.20 and derives a diameter of 3.43 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 14.69. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the 1.3-meter McGraw-Hill Telescope located at the MDM Observatory at the Kitt Peak National Observatory site in Arizona, United States. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 February 1992 ( M.P.C. 19697). [8]

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