(6678) Seurat

Asteroid (6678) Seurat
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.7364 AU
eccentricity	0.0296
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6556 AU - 2.8173 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	10.8653 °
Length of the ascending node	28.5561 °
Argument of the periapsis	304.7230 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	December 31, 2017
Sidereal period	4.53 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.00 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	7.325 km (± 0.130)
Albedo	0.300 (± 0.046)
Absolute brightness	12.8 mag
history
Explorer	Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery	October 16, 1977
Another name	3422 T-3 , 1993 CT
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(6678) Seurat is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery took place during the 3rd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded by the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 17 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .

The asteroid was named after the French painter Georges Seurat (1859-1891).

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