Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker MPC designation 4332 Observation arc 29831 days (81.67 yr) Inclination 19.16913° Discoverer Carolyn S. Shoemaker Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 5 September 1983 Alternative names 1983 RC Discovered 5 September 1983 Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
Aphelion 3.3990585 AU (508.49191 Gm) Similar Asteroid belt, Sun, 5381 Sekhmet, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 | ||
4332 Milton (1983 RC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 5 September 1983 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar and named for astrogeologist Daniel J. Milton (28 July 1934 -).
Photometric observations during 2008 showed a rotation period of 3.2978 ± 0.0003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.30 ± 0.05 in magnitude.
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