(332183) Jaroussky

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Asteroid
(332183) Jaroussky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7937  AU
eccentricity 0.2028
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2273 AU - 3.3601 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.2022 °
Length of the ascending node 146.3632 °
Argument of the periapsis 195.3426 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 3, 2018
Sidereal period 4.67 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.2 mag
history
Explorer Jean-Claude Merlin
Date of discovery January 28, 2006
Another name 2006 BE 186 , 2008 OR 21
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.

(332183) Jaroussky is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on January 28, 2006 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope of the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926 ) has been discovered. The telescope was able to head for Merlin from France when it was discovered.

Mean distance from the Sun ( major semiaxis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid roughly correspond to the Dora family, a group of asteroids named after (668) Dora .

(332183) Jaroussky was named after the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky on February 22, 2016 .

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