(7707) Yes

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Asteroid
(7707) Yes
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6529  AU
eccentricity 0.1408
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2793 AU - 3.0266 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 15.6816 °
Length of the ascending node 131.2455 °
Argument of the periapsis 78.4602 °
Sidereal period 4.32 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.29 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer Carl W. Hergenrother
Date of discovery April 17, 1993
Another name 1993 HM 1 , 1989 NC 1
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.

(7707) Yes is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on April 17, 1993 by the American astronomer Carl W. Hergenrother at Catalina Station ( IAU code 693) on Mount Bigelow in Arizona . An unconfirmed sighting of the asteroid (1989 NC 1 ) had already occurred in February 1989 at the Palomar Observatory in California .

The mean distance from the Sun ( major semiaxis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of (7707) Yes roughly correspond to the Eunomia family, a group named after (15) Eunomia , to which probably five percent of the asteroids of the main belt belong.

(7707) Yes is named after the British rock band Yes . The asteroid was named on March 18, 2003.

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