(265924) Franceclemente

Asteroid (265924) Franceclemente
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Koronis family
Major semi-axis	2.9131 AU
eccentricity	0.0742
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6970 AU - 3.1293 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.2867 °
Length of the ascending node	73.7753 °
Argument of the periapsis	276.8312 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	4th February 2019
Sidereal period	4.97 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	16.6 mag
history
Explorer	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli
Date of discovery	January 21, 2006
Another name	2006 BL ₁₄₇ , 2004 TZ ₂₇₇ , 2006 BZ ₂₉
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.

(265924) Franceclemente is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered by the Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli on January 21, 2006 at the observatory in the district of Vallemare ( IAU code A55) in the municipality of Borbona in the province of Rieti . The asteroid had already been sighted in October 2004 under the provisional designation 2004 TZ ₂₇₇ as part of the Spacewatch project of the University of Arizona at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis . The timeless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (265924) France Clemente are almost identical to those of five other asteroid: (30352) 2000 JL ₃₉ , (89289) 2001 VY ₂₁ , (89446) 2001 WW ₇₈ , (266347) 2007 DK ₁₀₁ and (308988) 2006 UE ₁₃ .

(265924) Franceclemente was named on December 3, 2017 after the painter and designer of the postmodern Italian transavant-garde Francesco Clemente , who is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

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