(1886) Lowell

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Asteroid
(1886) Lowell
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2,627  AU
eccentricity 0.158
Perihelion - aphelion 2.211 AU - 3.043 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.885 °
Length of the ascending node 82.392 °
Argument of the periapsis 217.176 °
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Sidereal period 4.26 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 11.9 likes
history
Explorer Henry Lee Giclas
Date of discovery June 21, 1949
Another name 1949 MP; 1940 GR
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(1886) Lowell ( 1949 MP , 1940 GR ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 June 1949 by Henry Lee Giclas at Lowell Observatory was discovered.

It is named after the astronomer Percival Lowell .