(9379) Dijon

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Asteroid
(9379) Dijon
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8437  AU
eccentricity 0.0859
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5994 AU - 3.0880 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.9186 °
Length of the ascending node 277.5283 °
Argument of the periapsis 121.8952 °
Sidereal period 4.80 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.65 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery August 18, 1993
Another name 1993 QH 3 , 1979 WC 1 , 1987 KN 4
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.

(9379) Dijon is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on August 18, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 010) north of Grasse .

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

(9379) Dijon was named on April 2, 1999 after Dijon , a city in eastern France , capital of the Côte-d'Or department and the capital of the Burgundy region , known for its mustard .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (9379) Dijon in the AstDyS-2 database (English)