(152188) Morricone

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Asteroid
(152188) Morricone
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.5582  AU
eccentricity 0.1801
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0976 AU - 3.0188 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.7873 °
Length of the ascending node 30.4633 °
Sidereal period 4.09 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.6 mag
history
Explorer Franco Mallia
Alain Maury
Date of discovery August 27, 2005
Another name 2005 QP 51
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.

(152188) Morricone is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 August 2005 by the Italian astronomer Franco Mallia and his French colleague Alain Maury at the automated observation station Campo Catino Austral Observatory of Campo Catino Observatory in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile's Atacama Desert has been discovered.

The asteroid is named after the Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone named (1928-2020), of the soundtrack of over 500 films composed and particularly by the soundtracks to the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone became famous.

The appointment took place on June 1, 2007.

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