(3646) Aduatiques

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Asteroid
(3646) Aduatiques
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7540  AU
eccentricity 0.1067
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4600 AU - 3.0479 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.5886 °
Length of the ascending node 10.5039 °
Argument of the periapsis 41.9437 °
Sidereal period 4.57 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.93 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Henri Debehogne
Date of discovery September 11, 1985
Another name 1985 RK 4 , 1979 JL, 1981 WZ 6
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(3646) Aduatiques is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 September 1985 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 Germanic tribe of the Aduatuk people in the area of ​​today's Tongeren ( Belgium ), which according to Julius Caesar 's De Bello Gallico (About the Gallic War) was founded in 57 BC. Had conspired against Rome.

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