(8523) Bouillabaisse

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Asteroid
(8523) Bouillabaisse
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3505  AU
eccentricity 0.1276
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0506 AU - 2.6504 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.5396 °
Length of the ascending node 161.4302 °
Argument of the periapsis 210.4627 °
Sidereal period 3.60 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.42 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 4.4 h
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery August 8, 1992
Another name 1992 PX , 1980 FU 3
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(8523) Bouillabaisse is an asteroid of the main belt , the August 8, 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 809).

The asteroid was named on April 2, 1999 after the famous Provencal fish soup bouillabaisse , which is considered a specialty from Marseille .

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