(8890) Montaigne

Asteroid (8890) Montaigne
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Themis family
Major semi-axis	3.1571 AU
eccentricity	0.1547
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6687 AU - 3.6455 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	0.8460 °
Length of the ascending node	159.4201 °
Argument of the periapsis	345.0713 °
Sidereal period	5.61 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.77 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.2 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	August 10, 1994
Another name	1994 PS ₃₇ , 1975 EE ₁ , 1990 VD ₁₀
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(8890) Montaigne is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on August 10, 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). There had already been several unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid: in March 1975 under the provisional designation 1975 EE ₁ at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj and on October 16, 1990 (1990 VD ₁₀ ) as part of the Digitized Sky Survey of the Palomar Mountain Observatory .

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

(8890) Montaigne was named on November 20, 2002 after the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592). A request was also made to name a lunar crater in the southern lunar hemisphere after Michel de Montaigne, but this was not recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The comet C / 1774 P1 (Montaigne), however, was named after its discoverer Jacques Leibax Montaigne (* 1716; † 1785?).

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