(13647) Rey

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Asteroid
(13647) Rey
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1878  AU
eccentricity 0.1749
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6302 AU - 3.7455 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.5920 °
Length of the ascending node 85.9205 °
Sidereal period 5.69 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.69 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery April 20, 1996
Another name 1996 HR 24 , 1991 NW 7
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(13647) Rey is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 April 1996 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the Geneva- born son of French Huguenots Marc-Michel Rey (1720–1780), who, as a publisher from Amsterdam , promoted the spread of Enlightenment literature.

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