(2003) Harding

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Asteroid
(2003) Harding
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0598  AU
eccentricity 0.1252
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6766 AU - 3.4430 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.8693 °
Length of the ascending node 64.4956 °
Argument of the periapsis 71.2097 °
Sidereal period 5.35 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.01 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 20 km
Rotation period 2.96 h
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 6559 PL , 1934 XH, 1941 BH, 1952 BP, 1952 DT, 1971 SU 1 , 1972 YT, 1973 AG 1
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(2003) Harding is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .

The asteroid is named after the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), who discovered the asteroid (3) Juno on September 1, 1804 at the Lilienthal observatory .

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