(14094) Garneau

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Asteroid
(14094) Garneau
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.9156  AU
eccentricity 0.0481
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7754 AU - 3.0559 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.1384 °
Length of the ascending node 97.6898 °
Argument of the periapsis 254.5897 °
Sidereal period 4.98 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.44 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer Spacewatch
Date of discovery July 28, 1997
Another name 1997 OJ 1 , 1996 KF 5
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.

(14094) Garneau is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 July 1997 by astronomers at the Space Watch -project at Kitt Peak National Observatory ( IAU code in 695) Arizona was discovered.

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

(14094) Garneau was named on June 14, 2003 after the Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau (* 1949), who was the first Canadian to fly into space and who took part in a total of three missions with the space shuttle between 1984 and 2000 ( STS-41-G , STS-77 , STS-97 ). Since 2006 he has been active in politics for the Liberal Party of Canada , for which he was able to move into the Canadian lower house in 2008.

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Individual evidence

  1. (14094) Garneau in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).