- 1717 Arlon
Infobox Planet
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bgcolour = #FFFFC0
apsis =
name = Arlon
symbol =
caption =
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =Sylvain Julien Victor Arend
discovery_site =Uccle
discovered =January 08 ,1954
designations = yes
mp_name = 1717
alt_names = 1954 AC
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 2.479109517076192
perihelion = 1.911439952117501
semimajor =
eccentricity = .1292935130196679
period = 1188.041866925004
avg_speed =
inclination = 6.192800270069894
asc_node = 340.5566947556712
mean_anomaly = 273.7413644827213
arg_peri = 116.2177580444331
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions = 9 km
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo =
temperatures=
temp_name1 =
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 =
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 12.91717 Arlon (1954 AC) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onJanuary 08 ,1954 bySylvain Julien Victor Arend atUccle .It is roughly 9km in diameter. In 2006 the
Ondřejov Observatory announced a moon orbiting 18 km from it.cite web
date=13 October 2006
title=(1717) Arlon
publisher=Johnston's Archive
author=Wm. Robert Johnston
url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-01717.html
accessdate=2008-05-07]References
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1717+Arlon JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1717 Arlon]
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html Asteroids with Satellites]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1717;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=1717 Ephemeris]
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