- 10093 Diesel
Infobox Planet
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name = Diesel
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =E. W. Elst
discovery_site =European Southern Observatory
discovered =November 18 ,1990
designations = yes
mp_name = 10093
alt_names = 1990 WX1
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orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 2.6477449
perihelion = 2.1399751
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eccentricity = 0.1060567
period = 1352.8403390
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inclination = 6.79520
asc_node = 146.54893
mean_anomaly = 22.88079
arg_peri = 137.08823
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abs_magnitude = 15.010093 Diesel (1990 WX1) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onNovember 18 ,1990 byEric Walter Elst at theEuropean Southern Observatory . It is named after German engineerRudolf Diesel , inventor of thediesel engine .External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10093+Diesel JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 10093 Diesel]
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