(10927) Vaucluse

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Asteroid
(10927) Vaucluse
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6018  AU
eccentricity 0.1313
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2602 AU - 2.9434 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.7021 °
Length of the ascending node 14.2671 °
Argument of the periapsis 34.4055 °
Sidereal period 4.20  a
Mean orbital velocity 18.46 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.921 ± 0.037 km
Albedo 0.081 ± 0.015
Rotation period 5.482  h
Absolute brightness 14.0 mag
history
Explorer René Roy
Date of discovery January 29, 1998
Another name 1998 BB 42 , 1981 AV 3 , 1988 XU 3 , 1992 WE 8 , 1994 CJ 18 , 1996 TC 61
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(10927) Vaucluse is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 29, 1998 by the French astronomer René Roy at the observatory in Blauvac ( IAU code 627) in the French department of Vaucluse . The first sightings of the asteroid had already been made in January 1981 under the provisional name 1981 AV3 at the Kiso Observatory .

(10927) Vaucluse was after the same department in on 23 November 1999 Region d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte named.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. (10927) Vaucluse at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)