(8006) Tacchini

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Asteroid
(8006) Tacchini
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.6599  AU
eccentricity 0.0334
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5711 AU - 2.7487 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 15.2580 °
Length of the ascending node 149.1962 °
Argument of the periapsis 145.7355 °
Sidereal period 4.34 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.26 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer San Vittore Observatory
Date of discovery August 22, 1988
Another name 1988 QU , 1949 QR 2 , 1995 DB 5
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(8006) Tacchini is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1988 at the San Vittore Observatory ( IAU code 552) in Bologna .

The asteroid was named after the Italian astronomer Pietro Tacchini (1838-1905), who together with Angelo Secchi founded the Italian Spectroscopic Society in 1871 and in 1874 observed the passage of Venus in India .

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