(7207) Hammurabi

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Asteroid
(7207) Hammurabi
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5779  AU
eccentricity 0.1865
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0971 AU - 3.0586 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.1262 °
Length of the ascending node 355.8704 °
Argument of the periapsis 92.8655 °
Sidereal period 4.14 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.55 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2133 PL , 1995 ET
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(7207) Hammurabi is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

The asteroid was named after Hammurapi I , who lived from 1792 until his death in 1750 BC. Was the 6th king of the first dynasty of Babylonia and was particularly famous for the oldest completely preserved collection of laws, the Codex Hammurapi named after him .

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