(20513) Lazio

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Asteroid
(20513) Lazio
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5550  AU
eccentricity 0.0730
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3684 AU - 2.7416 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.7356 °
Length of the ascending node 196.7996 °
Sidereal period 4.08 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.62 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.0 mag
history
Explorer Franco Mallia
Gianluca Masi
Date of discovery September 10, 1999
Another name 1999 RC 34 , 1998 KG 1
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.

(20513) Lazio is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 10 September 1999 by the Italian astronomer Franco Mallia and Gianluca Masi at Campo Catino Observatory ( observatory code 468) in the town of Guarcino was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the Italian region of Lazio , the main city of which is the Italian capital, Rome , and which was the first Italian region to pass a law against light pollution .

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