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2324 Janice

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Discovery date
  
7 November 1978

Alternative names
  
1978 VS4

Discovered
  
7 November 1978

Argument of perihelion
  
305.51756°

Discovery site
  
Palomar Observatory

MPC designation
  
2324

Observation arc
  
81.24 yr (29672 days)

Inclination
  
0.3991346°

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus

Aphelion
  
3.6382855 AU (544.27976 Gm)

Discoverers
  
Schelte J. Bus, Eleanor F. Helin

2324 Janice (1978 VS4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1978 by E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus at Palomar. Measurements of the lightcurve made in 2010 give a tentative rotation period of 23.2 ± 0.1 hours. It has a diameter of 28.9 km.

References

2324 Janice Wikipedia