(9426) Aliante

Asteroid (9426) Aliante
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	2.8675 AU
eccentricity	0.0659
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6786 AU - 3.0565 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	2.9532 °
Length of the ascending node	66.1914 °
Argument of the periapsis	272.9418 °
Sidereal period	4.86 a
Mean orbital velocity	17.59 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.5 likes
history
Explorer	Ulisse Munari Maura Tombelli
Date of discovery	February 14, 1996
Another name	1996 CO ₇
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(9426) Aliante is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 14, 1996 by the Italian astronomers Ulisse Munari and Maura Tombelli at the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago Cima Ekar ( IAU code 098) on the Asiago plateau , 90 km northwest of Padua , has been discovered. The first sightings of the asteroid had already been made on November 4, 1989 at the Palomar Observatory (IAU code 675).

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

(9426) Aliante was named on February 2, 1999 after the Italian name for a glider .

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