Discovery | |
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Discovered by | S. Belyavskij |
Discovery site | Simeiz Observatory |
Discovery date | 12 September 1923 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1006) Lagrangea |
Named after
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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
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±1.15 14.78km |
32.79 h (1.366 d) | |
±0.012 0.0670 | |
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.