(11849) Fauvel

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Asteroid
(11849) Fauvel
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6171  AU
eccentricity 0.2006
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0921 AU - 3.1421 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.0105 °
Length of the ascending node 230.9093 °
Argument of the periapsis 135.3316 °
Sidereal period 4.23 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.40 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery February 15, 1988
Another name 1988 CF 7 , 1990 SX 14
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(11849) Fauvel is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 February 1988 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile was discovered.

(11849) Fauvel was named on May 23, 2000 after the French aircraft designer Charles Fauvel (1904–1979), who became known for his flying wing aircraft designs .

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