(2795) Lepage

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Asteroid
(2795) Lepage
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2956 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0282 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.231 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.3603 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.0428 ± 0.0004 °
Length of the ascending node 213.4034 ± 0.3042 °
Argument of the periapsis 285.6618 ± 0.8747 °
Time of passage of the perihelion September 6, 2018
Sidereal period 3.48 a ± 0.0575 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.882 ± 0.361 km
Albedo 0.353 ± 0.027
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: V
history
Explorer BelgiumBelgium Henri Debehogne , Edgar Rangel NettoBrazil 1968Brazil 
Date of discovery December 16, 1979
Another name 1979 YM ; 1974 HP 2 ; 1982 UK
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(2795) Lepage ( 1979 YM ; 1974 HP 2 ; 1982 UK ) is an approximately six kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on December 16, 1979 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne and the Brazilian astronomer Edgar Rangel Netto at the La Silla Observatory was discovered on the La Silla in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809).

designation

(2795) Lepage was named after Theophile Lepage , who was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Liège in Liège from 1928 to 1930 and at the Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels (both in Belgium) from 1931 to 1971 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed September 15, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 YM. Discovered 1979 Dec. 16 by H. Debehogne and ER Netto at La Silla. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2794) Kulik numbering (2796) Crown