(16561) Rawls

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Asteroid
(16561) Rawls
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.9320  AU
eccentricity 0.0517
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7803 AU - 3.0836 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.2122 °
Length of the ascending node 212.5886 °
Argument of the periapsis 112.1759 °
Sidereal period 5.02 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.38 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.908 ± 0.118 km
Albedo 0.123 ± 0.019
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer Spacewatch
Date of discovery 3rd November 1991
Another name 1991 VP 7 , 1989 GG 3
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(16561) Rawls is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 November 1991 by astronomers of SPACEWatch at Steward Observatory ( IAU code 691) on Kitt Peak in Arizona was discovered.

The celestial body was named on May 23, 2005 after the American philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002), who taught as a professor at Harvard University and whose main work A Theory of Justice , published in 1971, was one of the most influential works in political philosophy of the 20th century Century applies.

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