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1006 Lagrangea

1006 Lagrangea
Discovery 
Discovered by S. Belyavskij
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date 12 September 1923
Designations
MPC designation (1006) Lagrangea
Named after
Joseph Lagrange
1923 OU
main-belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 92.59 yr (33817 days)
Aphelion 4.2642 AU (637.92 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0245 AU (302.86 Gm)
3.1444 AU (470.40 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.35615
5.58 yr (2036.6 d)
212.45°
0° 10m 36.372s / day
Inclination 10.911°
294.65°
86.120°
Earth MOID 1.06066 AU (158.672 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.56955 AU (234.801 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.081
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
14.78±1.15 km
32.79 h (1.366 d)
0.0670±0.012
11.3

1006 Langrangea is a main-belt asteroid about 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomer Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory, Crimea, on September 12, 1923. Its provisional designation was 1923 OU. It is named after mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange.



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