(13238) Lambeaux

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Asteroid
(13238) Lambeaux
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2728  AU
eccentricity 0.1793
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8652 AU - 2.6804 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.3130 °
Length of the ascending node 20.3769 °
Argument of the periapsis 282.9750 °
Sidereal period 3.43 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.275 ± 0.170 km
Albedo 0.070 ± 0.014
Absolute brightness 15.1 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery April 25, 1998
Another name 1998 HU 149 , 1994 CH 15
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(13238) Lambeaux is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 April 1998 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 2, 2015 after the Belgian sculptor Jef Lambeaux (1852–1908), one of whose most famous works is the Brabo fountain in Antwerp .

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