- 59793 Clapiès
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59793 Clapiès Name Name Clapiès Designation 1999 OD Discovery Discovery date July 16, 1999 Discovery site Pises Observatory Orbital elements Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) Eccentricity (e) 0.0303230 Semimajor axis (a) 3.0667979 AU Perihelion (q) 2.9738034 AU Aphelion (Q) 3.1597924 AU Orbital period (P) 5.37 a Inclination (i) 10.98674° Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 131.97966° Argument of Perihelion (ω) 191.14091° Mean anomaly (M) 217.58006° 59793 Clapiès is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1961.6710189 days (5.37 years).[1] It has an average orbital speed of 17.00355572 km/s.
The asteroid was discovered on July 16, 1999 at the Pises Observatory.
This asteroid is named after Jean de Clapiès, a French mathematician and cartographer.[1]
References
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=59793. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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