(52316) Daveslater Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 1992 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
David C. Slater (1957-2011) was a U.S. physicist with Southwest Research Institute. An expert in optics, detectors, and instrumentation, he was key to instrument development on several interplanetary missions, including New Horizons. He participated in the first ground-based adaptive-optics discoveries of asteroid satellites.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-06-20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daveslater is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daveslater is 1.90 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52316 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 BD |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.76 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 2.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0655 |
| Inclination | 29.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.794 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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