(13602) Pierreboulez

Asteroid (13602) Pierreboulez
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5192 AU
eccentricity	0.0822
Perihelion - aphelion	2.3121 AU - 2.7262 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.0658 °
Length of the ascending node	240.7438 °
Argument of the periapsis	199.2878 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	September 30, 2015
Sidereal period	4.00 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	15.0 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	August 10, 1994
Another name	1994 PB ₃₆ , 1981 JO ₄ , 1999 XX ₈₅
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(13602) Pierreboulez is an asteroid of the main central belt , which was discovered on August 10, 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). The asteroid had already been sighted in May 1981 under the provisional designation 1981 JO ₄ at the Palomar Observatory in California .

(13602) Pierreboulez was named on June 2, 2015 after the French composer , conductor and pianist Pierre Boulez (1925-2016).

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