- 2709 Sagan
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name=2709 Sagan
discoverer=Edward L. G. Bowell
discovered=March 21 ,1982
alt_names=mp|1951 WF|1; 1959 CC; mp|1959 EA|1; 1964 WT; mp|1982 FE|2; 1982 FH
mp_category=Main belt (Flora family )
epoch=June 14 ,2006 (JD 2453900.5)
semimajor=328.437 Gm (2.195 AU)
perihelion=305.739 Gm (2.044 AU)
aphelion=351.134 Gm (2.347 AU)
eccentricity=0.069
period=1188.195 d (3.25 a)
inclination=2.733°
asc_node=241.289°
arg_peri=308.010°
mean_anomaly=157.291°
avg_speed=20.08 km/s
dimensions=20.2 km
mass=8.6e|15? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0056? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0107? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=13.3
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~188 K2709 Sagan is a small main belt
asteroid , which was discovered byEdward L. G. Bowell in1982 . It is named after the lateastronomer Carl Sagan .Sagan is an
S-type asteroid , meaning that it is bright incolour and metallic in composition.
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