(9385) Avignon

Asteroid (9385) Avignon
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	3.1472 AU
eccentricity	0.2505
Perihelion - aphelion	2.3589 AU - 3.9355 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	14.4756 °
Length of the ascending node	188.4960 °
Argument of the periapsis	109.1788 °
Sidereal period	5.58 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.77 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	13.093 ± 2.520 km
Albedo	0.054 ± 0.031
Absolute brightness	13.3 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	October 9, 1993
Another name	1993 TJ ₃₀ , 1987 SE ₁₉ , 1997 EA ₅₇ , 1998 OC ₆
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(9385) Avignon is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9 October 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid was named on April 2, 1999 after the city of Avignon , located on the east bank of the Rhône , the capital of the Vaucluse département and the papal seat from 1309 to 1423 . The old town with the Gothic Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes) from the 14th century, the bishop conditioning, the Rocher des Doms and the famous bridge, the Pont St. Benezet , belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site and is by the Avignon Festival also known far beyond the French borders.

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