- 6814 Steffl
Infobox Planet
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name = Steffl
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =E. F. Helin andS. J. Bus
discovery_site =Siding Spring
discovered =June 25 ,1979
designations = yes
mp_name = 6814
alt_names = 1979 MC2
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orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 2.9387796
perihelion = 2.7163270
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.0393366
period = 1736.6592609
avg_speed =
inclination = 2.16266
asc_node = 195.11274
mean_anomaly = 22.40596
arg_peri = 100.79425
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abs_magnitude = 13.16814 Steffl (1979 MC2) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onJune 25 ,1979 byE. F. Helin andS. J. Bus atSiding Spring . It is named in honor ofAndrew J. Steffl , an American astronomer who co-discovered Pluto's moons Nix and Hydra.External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6814+Steffl JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6814 Steffl]
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