(278141) Tatooine

Asteroid (278141) Tatooine
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt
Major semi-axis	2,371 AU
eccentricity	0.147
Perihelion - aphelion	2.023 AU - 2.719 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	2.1 °
Length of the ascending node	339 °
Argument of the periapsis	201.2 °
Sidereal period	3.65 a
Mean orbital velocity	19.24 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	17.1 mag
history
Explorer	Stefan Karge and Erwin Schwab
Date of discovery	February 15, 2007
Another name	2007 CS ₆₁ , 2007 CD ₆₁
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(278141) Tatooine is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on February 15, 2007 by the amateur astronomers Stefan Karge and Erwin Schwab . The discovery took place from the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory ( IAU-Code B01) on the Kleiner Feldberg in the Taunus .

On June 30, 2017, Asteroid Day , the name of the asteroid was confirmed by the International Astronomical Union . Tatooine is a desert planet in the fictional Star Wars films that orbits a pair of twin suns. It is the home planet of Anakin Skywalker and his son Luke Skywalker .

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