(2359) Debehogne

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Asteroid
(2359) Debehogne
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4249  AU
eccentricity 0.1173
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1406 AU - 2.7092 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.3388 °
Length of the ascending node 206.1588 °
Sidereal period 3.78 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.12 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery October 5, 1931
Another name 1931 TV , 1979 HB
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(2359) Debehogne is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 5, 1931 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024) on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg .

The asteroid was named after the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne (1928-2007), who excelled in the field of astrometry of comets and asteroids and who himself had discovered more than 700 asteroids.

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