(6826) Lavoisier

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Asteroid
(6826) Lavoisier
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.9051  AU
eccentricity 0.0325
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8107 AU - 2.9995 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.4930 °
Length of the ascending node 101.4238 °
Argument of the periapsis 348.8117 °
Sidereal period 4.95 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.48 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery September 26, 1989
Another name 1989 SD 1 , 1932 CT, 1982 HB 3 , 1993 NE 1
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(6826) Lavoisier is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 September 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 809).

The asteroid was named after the French chemist Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794).

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