(42354) Kindleberger Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 2002 by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R. at Fountain Hills.
Charles P. Kindleberger (b. 1910) is an economist who wrote the 1978 classic, Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises. This book, with new editions in 1989 and 1996, documents four centuries of boom-and-bust financial cycles. He was president of the American Economic Association in 1985.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kindleberger is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kindleberger is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42354 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 CK43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.87 km (#15,519 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.373 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0541 |
| Inclination | 15.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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