(43843) Cleynaerts

Asteroid (43843) Cleynaerts
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Chloris family
Major semi-axis	2.7422 AU
eccentricity	0.2293
Perihelion - aphelion	2.1133 AU - 3.3711 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	7.4964 °
Length of the ascending node	283.7100 °
Argument of the periapsis	321.3490 °
Sidereal period	4.54 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	5.466 ± 0.248
Albedo	0.094 ± 0.021
Absolute brightness	14.6 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	July 12, 1993
Another name	1993 NC ₂ , 1998 SE ₆₉ , 2001 BU ₇₀
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(43843) Cleynaerts is an asteroid of the central main belt discovered on July 12, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .

The asteroid belongs to the Chloris family, a group of asteroids named after (410) Chloris .

(43843) Cleynaerts was named on November 28, 2010 after the Belgian humanist , theologian , grammarian , orientalist and Semitist Nicolaes Cleynaerts (1493–1542), whose goal in life was to bring Christianity and Islam closer together.

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