(28078) Mauricehilleman

Asteroid (28078) Mauricehilleman
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.1762 AU
eccentricity	0.1021
Perihelion - aphelion	1.9541 AU - 2.3983 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	0.6591 °
Length of the ascending node	169.1300 °
Argument of the periapsis	265.2575 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	May 14, 2018
Sidereal period	3.21 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	15.2 mag
history
Explorer	OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at the Observatoire de Calern
Date of discovery	August 26, 1998
Another name	1998 QM ₅₅ , 1982 UB ₁₁ , 1982 VQ ₈
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(28078) Mauricehilleman is an asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered on August 26, 1998 as part of the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS), a project of the OCA (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) and the DLR ( German Center for Air - and space travel ), was discovered at the 90 cm Schmidt telescope of the French Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 910). The asteroid had already been sighted at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj : on October 25, 1982 under the provisional designation 1982 UB ₁₁ and on November 9, 1982 (1982 VQ ₈ ).

(28078) Mauricehilleman was named on June 2, 2015 after the American physician , microbiologist and vaccine expert Maurice R. Hilleman (1919-2005), who is known for the development of several important vaccines .

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