(266854) Sezenaksu

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Asteroid
(266854) Sezenaksu
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Main outer belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.9766  AU
eccentricity 0.0784
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7432 AU - 3.2100 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.2912 °
Length of the ascending node 60.9849 °
Argument of the periapsis 192.6383 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 9, 2018
Sidereal period 5.14 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.0 mag
history
Explorer Jean-Claude Merlin
Date of discovery October 24, 2009
Another name 2009 UB 90
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(266854) Sezenaksu is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on October 24, 2009 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope at the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926 ) has been discovered. The telescope was able to head for Merlin from France when it was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Turkish pop singer and composer Sezen Aksu on January 16, 2014 .

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