(9380) Mâcon

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Asteroid
(9380) Mâcon
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8692  AU
eccentricity 0.0314
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7789 AU - 2.9594 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1065 °
Length of the ascending node 170.8298 °
Argument of the periapsis 298.0013 °
Sidereal period 4.86 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.58 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.5 likes
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery 17th August 1993
Another name 1993 QZ 5 , 1991 EK 2
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(9380) Mâcon is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on August 17, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 010) north of Grasse .

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

(9380) Macon was on April 2, 1999 after Macon named, one on the right bank of the Saône nearby town in Burgundy , in the 3rd century. Chr. By the Celtic tribe of the Aedui ( Aedui ) under the name Matisco was founded in 1790 and capital of the newly created department Saône-et-Loire was.

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (9380) Mâcon in the AstDyS-2 database (English)