(10001) Palermo

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Asteroid
(10001) Palermo
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Vesta family
Major semi-axis 2,377  AU
eccentricity 0.134
Perihelion - aphelion 2.059 AU - 2.695 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.4 °
Length of the ascending node 40.2 °
Argument of the periapsis 357.8 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 16, 2017
Sidereal period 3.66 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.31 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.123 ± 0.657 km
Albedo 0.341 ± 0.134
Rotation period 213 h 22 min
Absolute brightness 13.9 likes
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery October 8, 1969
Another name 1969 TM 1 , 1991 RS 27
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(10001) Palermo is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 8, 1969 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the branch of the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .

The asteroid was named on January 9, 2001 after Palermo , the capital of the Autonomous Region of Sicily and the metropolitan city of Palermo , on the north coast of Sicily .

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