(42697) Lucapaolini

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Asteroid
(42697) Lucapaolini
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5257  AU
eccentricity 0.1106
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2464 AU - 2.8050 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.4910 °
Length of the ascending node 223.8693 °
Argument of the periapsis 73.1656 °
Sidereal period 4.01 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.0 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery June 1, 1998
Another name 1998 LP 2 , 1999 XA 27
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(42697) Lucapaolini is an asteroid of the main belt , on 1 June 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Italian racing cyclist Luca Paolini (* 1977) on February 22, 2016 .

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