The orbit is located at the center of the main belt. It has a perihelion of 2.36 AU and an aphelion of 2.91 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.63 AU. It has an orbital period of 4 years and 105 days. It has an inclination of 13.8º. It has a diameter of about 14 km.
There was a star occultation in August of 2007.
Orbital resonance:
7:16 with Mars (99.7%)
1:7 with Venus (99.6%)
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11:13 with Vesta (99.9%)
13:10 with Hygiea (99.9%)
1:1 with Eunomia (99.8%)
17:13 with Davida (99.7%)
Phase of life
Childhood is a phase of life in which everything is a game and it is always fun to make new friends.
Jack B. Child, software engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Asteroid Project director of the World Space Foundation, was from whom derives the name of this asteroid. His generous helpfulness over the years has been greatly appreciated. He has played a very important role in introducing team members to the Palomar planet-crossing asteroid survey project.
(4580) Child is related with attitudes and behaviors that make easy the inclusion of new people in the group, like in the movie "Labyrinth" (1986) and in the manga-anime "Dragon Ball" (1986).
