22740 Rayleigh

22740 Rayleigh

Infobox Planet
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name = Rayleigh
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caption =
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = E. W. Elst
discovery_site = European Southern Observatory
discovered = September 20, 1998
designations = yes
mp_name = 22740
alt_names = 1998 SX146
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.9329943
perihelion = 2.5608893
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.2112919
period = 2137.0277636
avg_speed =
inclination = 3.10958
asc_node = 169.11979
mean_anomaly = 312.48513
arg_peri = 113.65041
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions =
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density =
surface_grav =
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abs_magnitude = 13.2

22740 Rayleigh (1998 SX146) is a Outer Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 20, 1998 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.

The asteroid was named in honour of the English physicist John William Rayleigh (1842–1919).

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=22740+Rayleigh JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 22740 Rayleigh]


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