(10088) Digne

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Asteroid
(10088) Digne
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3406  AU
eccentricity 0.1840
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9099 AU - 2.7714 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.4462 °
Length of the ascending node 91.1656 °
Sidereal period 3.58 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.46 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer EW Elst
Date of discovery September 22, 1990
Another name 1990 SG 8 , 1951 WP 1 , 1981 EL 48 , 1992 FH 1
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(10088) Digne is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 September 1990 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid was named on July 28, 1999 after the southern French spa town of Digne-les-Bains , the capital ( prefecture ) of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department .

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