(348034) Deslorieux

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Asteroid
(348034) Deslorieux
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Juno family
Major semi-axis 2.6786  AU
eccentricity 0.2442
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0244 AU - 2.3328 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.8544 °
Length of the ascending node 45.8618 °
Argument of the periapsis 9.1185 °
Sidereal period 4.38 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.3 mag
history
Explorer Jean-Claude Merlin
Date of discovery October 24, 2003
Another name 2003 UY 26
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.

(348034) Deslorieux is an asteroid of the central main belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on October 24, 2003 at the observatory in Le Creusot , Saône-et-Loire department , ( IAU code 504).

The asteroid belongs in a broader sense to the Juno family, a group of asteroids named after (3) Juno . The timeless (non- osculating ) orbital elements of (348034) Deslorieux are almost identical to those of 17 other asteroids, of which (69332) 1993 LJ 1 is the largest, assuming absolute brightness alone . There is a particularly close correspondence between the orbital data of (348034) Deslorieux and the asteroid (382951) 2004 VB 11 .

(348034) Deslorieux was named on April 25, 2013 after Jean-Marie Deslorieux (1871-1958), the grandfather of Jean-Claude Merlin.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
  2. Very close couples in the AstDyS-2 database (English)