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4252 Godwin is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1577.5081690 days (4.32 years).The asteroid was discovered on September 11 1985 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory. Named after Richard Godwin (b. 1955) a board member of the Space Frontier Foundation who served as executive director of The Watch a support organization for NEO detection. His brother Robert Godwin (b. 1958) is a space expert and space-history researcher.