(39420) Elizabethgaskell Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a 19th-century English novelist, best known for her 1853 novel Cranford.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elizabethgaskell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elizabethgaskell is 1.82 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39420 |
| Provisional designation | 2084 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.79 km (#17,224 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.503 |
| Rotation period | 105 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 2.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0790 |
| Inclination | 21.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.836 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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