(1565) Lemaître
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Asteroid (1565) Lemaître |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3944 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3483 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.5604 AU - 3.2285 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 21.432 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,705 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.25 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12,413 mag |
| Spectral class | Sq |
| history | |
| Explorer | S. Arend |
| Date of discovery | November 25, 1948 |
| Another name | 1948 WA |
| 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. | |
(1565) Lemaître is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 November 1948 by the Belgian astronomers Sylvain Arend in Uccle was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Belgian astronomer and intellectual father of the Big Bang theory, Georges Lemaître .