(15332) CERN

Asteroid (15332) CERN
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5523 AU
eccentricity	0.0560
Perihelion - aphelion	2.4093 AU - 2.6953 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	7.0348 °
Length of the ascending node	51.4303 °
Argument of the periapsis	180.8104 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	7th August 2016
Sidereal period	4.08 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.2 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	October 9, 1993
Another name	1993 TU ₂₄ , 1983 DM, 1997 UC ₅
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(15332) CERN is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on October 9, 1993 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 previously been sighted on February 19, 1983 under the provisional designation 1983 DM at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County , Arizona .

(15332) On November 13, 2008, CERN was named after CERN , a research facility in the canton of Geneva that is home to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.

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