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"Desforges" redirects here. For the French writer using that pen name, see Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges.
Desforges Discovery and designationDiscovered by E. W. Elst Discovery site European Southern Observatory Discovery date October 20, 1993 DesignationsMPC designation 10830 Alternate name(s) 1993 UT6 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.1318904 Peri 2.1869206 Eccentricity 0.1776656 Orbital period 1584.0732349 Mean anomaly 55.33924 Inclination 11.13790 Longitude of ascending node 178.86235 Argument of peri 306.90391 Absolute magnitude (H) 13.7 10830 Desforges (1993 UT6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1993 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. The asteroid is named for Jacques Desforges (1723–1791), a French priest who was imprisoned for eight months in 1758 in the Bastille, during which time he planned the construction of a flying machine.[1]
References
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10830+Desforges. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
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