(2021) Poincaré

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Asteroid
(2021) Poincaré
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,3100  AU
eccentricity 0.2198
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8022 AU - 2.8178 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.488 °
Sidereal period 3.511 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.60 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 5.0 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Louis Boyer
Date of discovery 1936
Another name 1936 MA, 1968 UQ 2 , 1971 LE
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(2021) Poincaré is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 June 1936 by the French astronomer Louis Boyer in Algiers was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the French mathematician Henri Poincaré .

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