(10079) Meunier
Asteroid (10079) Meunier |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6362 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2323 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0239 AU - 3.2485 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.1415 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.28 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.34 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | EW Elst |
Date of discovery | 2nd December 1989 |
Another name | 1989 XD 2 , 1982 BU 12 |
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. |
(10079) Meunier is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 December 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Belgian painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), who belongs to the style of naturalism . The main theme of his work is the representation of working people, which was then continued in the 20th century in socialist realism .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Meunier: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10079) Meunier in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10079) Meunier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).