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2007 McCuskey

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Discovery date
  
22 September 1963

Minor planet category
  
main-belt

Discovered
  
22 September 1963

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Goethe Link Observatory

Discoverer
  
Indiana Asteroid Program

MPC designation
  
2007 McCuskey

Observation arc
  
63.42 yr (23163 days)

Absolute magnitude
  
12.1

Named after
  
Sidney Wilcox McCuskey

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program)

Alternative names
  
1963 SQ · 1936 HP 1941 SW1 · 1943 EL 1947 GE · 1951 LV 1952 SB1 · 1952 UR1 1958 GB · 1963 TL 1963 VC · 1965 CA 1965 CC · 1966 OB 1969 EC1 · 1970 QD1 A921 EK

2007 McCuskey, provisional designation 1963 SQ, is a larger mid-sized asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 22 September 1963, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. The rather dark asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.7 AU once every 3.68 years (1,344 days). It has a rotation period of 8.6 hours.

Measurements made with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 7001337900000000000♠33.79±1.31 kilometers and a geometric albedo of 6998700000000000000♠0.07±0.01. By comparison, measurements with Spitzer's Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) give a diameter of 7001352600000000000♠35.26±3.74 kilometers and a geometric albedo of 6998300000000000000♠0.03±0.01.

It is named in honour of American mathematician and astronomer Sidney Wilcox McCuskey (1907–1979), who was the director of the Warner and Swasey Observatory and president of IAU Commission 33, Structure and Dynamics of the Galactic System. He is best known for his contribution on stellar luminosity and galactic structure.

References

2007 McCuskey Wikipedia