(10895) Aynrand

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Asteroid
(10895) Aynrand
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2645  AU
eccentricity 0.0729
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0994 AU - 2.4295 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.1457 °
Length of the ascending node 55.3246 °
Sidereal period 3.41 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.79 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer George R. Viscome
Date of discovery October 11, 1997
Another name 1997 TC 18 , 1973 SV 6 , 1980 UW, 1980 VQ 1
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(10895) Aynrand is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 October 1997 by the American US Amateur astronomer George R. Viscome on edge Observatory ( IAU code 816) in Franklin County in the northeast of the State of New York was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Russian-born American libertarian bestselling author Ayn Rand (1905–1982), whose socially critical novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged became world successes.

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