(227767) Enkibilal

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Asteroid
(227767) Enkibilal
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.1915  AU
eccentricity 0.0771
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0226 AU - 2.3605 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.2930 °
Length of the ascending node 226.0493 °
Argument of the periapsis 142.7476 °
Sidereal period 3.24 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 18.2 mag
history
Explorer Jean-Claude Merlin
Date of discovery October 20, 2006
Another name 2006 US 62 , 2008 HH 56
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.

(227767) Enkibilal is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on October 20, 2006 at the observatory in Le Creusot , Saône-et-Loire department , ( IAU code 504).

The asteroid was named on May 27, 2010 after the French comic artist , illustrator and film director Enki Bilal .

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