- 21087 Petsimpallas
Infobox Planet
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name = Petsimpallas
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discoverer =E. W. Elst
discovery_site =European Southern Observatory
discovered =January 30 ,1992
designations = yes
mp_name = 21087
alt_names = 1992 BH2
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epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.1687085
perihelion = 2.1902029
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period = 1602.0213950
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asc_node = 274.18441
mean_anomaly = 34.58537
arg_peri = 55.33741
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abs_magnitude = 13.221087 Petsimpallas (1992 BH2) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onJanuary 30 ,1992 byE. W. Elst at theEuropean Southern Observatory . It is named after botanist and zoologistPeter Simon Pallas .External links
*JPL Small Body
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