(5006) plate

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Asteroid
(5006) plate
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1825  AU
eccentricity 0.0713
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9556 AU - 3.4093 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.6374 °
Length of the ascending node 102.8428 °
Argument of the periapsis 30.5784 °
Sidereal period 5.68 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.67 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 13 km
Rotation period 10.898 h
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
history
Explorer EF Helin
Date of discovery April 5, 1989
Another name 1989 GL 5 , 1932 EY, 1982 BN 8 , 1986 TS 2
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.

(5006) Plate is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 April 1989 by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 675).

The asteroid was named after the Hungarian - American physicist Edward Teller , a co-founder of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and "father of the hydrogen bomb ".

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