21785 Méchain
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Milos Tichý |
Discovery date | at Kleť Observatory on 21 September 1999 |
Designations | |
Named after
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Pierre Méchain |
main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 2010-Sep-30 (JD 2456200.5) | |
Aphelion | 3.2498331 AU |
Perihelion | 2.3078127 AU |
2.7788229 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1694999 |
4.63 a (1691.95 d) | |
278.43189° | |
Inclination | 18.63591° |
23.04360° | |
358.64671° | |
Physical characteristics | |
14.8 |
21785 Méchain is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1691.95 days (4.63 a).[2]
The asteroid was discovered by Milos Tichý at Kleť Observatory on 21 September 1999, and provisionally designated as 1999 SS2.
On 24 June 2002, It was named in honor of a French astronomer and surveyor Pierre Méchain who with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep sky objects and comets.
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