4523 MIT

MIT
Discovery and designation
Discovered by	S. J. Bus
Discovery site	Siding Spring Observatory
Discovery date	February 28, 1981
Designations
MPC designation	4523
Named after	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alternative names	1981 DM1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap	3.0511842
Peri	2.3184054
Eccentricity	0.1364683
Orbital period	1606.8120260
Mean anomaly	75.91486
Inclination	11.05108
Longitude of ascending node	210.36688
Argument of peri	316.01171
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.3

4523 MIT (1981 DM1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.

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