(14074) Riccati

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Asteroid
(14074) Riccati
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0491  AU
eccentricity 0.0869
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7842 AU - 3.3141 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.8261 °
Length of the ascending node 135.5153 °
Argument of the periapsis 158.3283 °
Sidereal period 5.32 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.06 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
history
Explorer San Vittore Observatory
Date of discovery July 11, 1996
Another name 1996 NS
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(14074) Riccati is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 July 1996 at the Observatory San Vittore ( IAU code 552) in Bologna was discovered.

The asteroid was named on January 9, 2001 after the Italian mathematician Jacopo Riccati (1676–1754), who was best known for his studies of differential equations and the methods for reducing the order of equations .

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