(14659) Gregorian

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Asteroid
(14659) Gregoriana
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6419  AU
eccentricity 0.1189
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3278 AU - 2.9561 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.4932 °
Length of the ascending node 115.1175 °
Argument of the periapsis 81.5498 °
Sidereal period 4.29 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.31 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.221 ± 0.180 km
Albedo 0.282 ± 0.054
Rotation period 9.638 h
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Maura Tombelli
Giuseppe Forti
Date of discovery January 15, 1999
Another name 1999 AF 24 , 1992 OF 8
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(14659) Gregoriana is an asteroid located in the main belt , which was discovered on January 15, 1999 by the Italian astronomers Maura Tombelli and Giuseppe Forti at the Montelupo Observatory ( observatory code 108) in Montelupo Fiorentino .

The asteroid was named on April 27, 2002 after the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome , which emerged from the first Jesuit school, Collegio Romano, and which still enjoys great international renown.

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