(10201) Korado

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Asteroid
(10201) Korado
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.1915  AU
eccentricity 0.1894
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7765 AU - 2.6066 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.4235 °
Length of the ascending node 192.5949 °
Argument of the periapsis 85.7117 °
Sidereal period 3.24 a
Mean orbital velocity 20.11 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.3 mag
history
Explorer Farra d'Isonzo Observatory
Date of discovery July 12, 1997
Another name 1997 NL 6 , 1977 EN 5
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(10201) Korado is an asteroid of the main belt , which on July 12 in 1997 at Farra d'Isonzo-Observatory ( IAU code 595) in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia was discovered.

The asteroid was named on September 28, 1999 after the Croatian amateur astronomer Korado Korlević (* 1958), who participated in the 1st International Tunguska Expedition and after his return tried to replace the telescope at the Višnjan Observatory .

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