(7064) Montesquieu

Asteroid (7064) Montesquieu
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Themis family
Major semi-axis	3.1438 AU
eccentricity	0.1483
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6776 AU - 3.6099 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	0.5614 °
Length of the ascending node	204.3706 °
Argument of the periapsis	20.3434 °
Sidereal period	5.57 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.77 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	12.7 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	July 26, 1992
Another name	1992 OC ₅ , 1973 AH ₁ , 1977 XQ ₃ , 1988 XZ ₄ , 1989 YF ₉
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(7064) Montesquieu is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 July 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(7064) Montesquieu is named after the French writer , philosopher and state theorist of the Enlightenment Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755), who is regarded as the forerunner of sociology , an important political philosopher and co-founder of modern history .

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