(6026) Xenophanes

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Asteroid
(6026) Xenophanes
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8386  AU
eccentricity 0.0672
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6479 AU - 3.0293 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.2182 °
Length of the ascending node 202.9970 °
Argument of the periapsis 1.1200 °
Sidereal period 4.78 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.67 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.6 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery January 23, 1993
Another name 1993 BA 8 , 1976 ST 1 , 1984 GC, 1986 TT 12 , 1990 SJ 18
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(6026) Xenophanes is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 January 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the ancient Greek philosopher and poet Xenophanes von Kolophon (~ 570 BC – 470 BC), who is counted among the pre-Socratics .

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