(2817) Perec

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Asteroid
(2817) Perec
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3569  AU
eccentricity 0.1797
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9334 AU - 2.7803 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.2704 °
Length of the ascending node 254.9008 °
Sidereal period 3.62 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.39 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 10 km
Absolute brightness 13.8 mag
history
Explorer Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery 17th October 1982
Another name 1982 UJ, 1953 TF 2 , 1953 TU, 1964 VH 1 , 1971 TL 1 , 1975 VQ 1 , 1975 XW 1 , 1978 NF 2
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(2817) Perec is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 October 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the French writer and filmmaker Georges Perec (1936–1982), who was a member of the Oulipo group and is counted among the most important representatives of French literature after the Second World War .

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