(7083) Kant

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Asteroid
(7083) Kant
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8054  AU
eccentricity 0.2273
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1677 AU - 3.4432 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.8253 °
Length of the ascending node 241.7720 °
Sidereal period 4.70 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.78 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 12.34 km (± 1.0)
Albedo 0.1161 (± 0.022)
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery 4th February 1989
Another name 1989 CL 3 , 1973 TT, 1978 WF 2
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(7083) Kant is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 4 February 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the German philosophers of the Enlightenment , Immanuel Kant named (1724-1804), of the most important representatives of Western philosophy is one and his work Critique of Pure Reason a turning point in the history of philosophy marks and the beginning of modern philosophy.

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