(3002) Delasalle

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Asteroid
(3002) Delasalle
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2399  AU
eccentricity 0.1309
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9467 AU - 2.5332 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.1432 °
Length of the ascending node 115.3934 °
Argument of the periapsis 132.8301 °
Sidereal period 3.35 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.90 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.254 km (± 0.242)
Albedo 0.452 (± 0.057)
Rotation period 6.534 h
Absolute brightness 12.6 mag
history
Explorer Henri Debehogne
Date of discovery March 20, 1982
Another name 1982 FB 3 , 1942 FG, 1959 LB, 1963 SC 1 , 1965 AY, 1979 HU 5 , 1980 TG 11 , 1980 VB 1 , 1982 BR 3 , 1982 DM 4 , 2001 YG 140
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(3002) Dela Salle is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 March 1982 by the Belgian astronomer Henri DEBEHOGNE at La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the French priest , educator and order founder Johannes Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719), who in 1684 founded the Order of Brothers of Christian Schools ( Frères des Écoles chrétiennes ). As a new feature, he introduced classes in school classes and in French instead of Latin.

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