(14533) Roy

Asteroid (14533) Roy
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5716 AU
eccentricity	0.1847
Perihelion - aphelion	2.0967 AU - 3.0465 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	9.2694 °
Length of the ascending node	183.3774 °
Argument of the periapsis	146.9223 °
Sidereal period	4.12 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.57 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.4 mag
history
Explorer	Pierre Antonini
Date of discovery	August 24, 1997
Another name	1997 QY , 1927 RG, 1989 TX ₁₆
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(14533) Roy is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 24, 1997 by the French amateur astronomer Pierre Antonini at his private Observatoire de Bédoin in Bédoin ( IAU code 132) in the French department of Vaucluse . The first sightings of the asteroid had already been made in September 1927 under the provisional designation 1927 RG3 at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl .

(14533) Roy was named on July 26, 2000 after the French amateur astronomer René Roy (* 1938).

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