18458 Caesar

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18458 Caesar
Name
Name Caesar
Designation 1995 EY8
Discovery
Discoverer Freimut Börngen
Discovery date March 5, 1995
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.1373471
Semimajor axis (a) 2.983 AU
Perihelion (q) 1.9836232 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.6152593 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.49 a
Inclination (i) 5.87881°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 353.82292°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 219.93588°
Mean anomaly (M) 192.31922°

18458 Caesar is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 1.9836232 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1373471 and an orbital period of 1273.58 days (3.49 years).[1]

Caesar has an average orbital speed of 19.64179592 km/s and an inclination of 5.87881°.

The asteroid was discovered on March 5, 1995 by Freimut Börngen.

This asteroid is named after the Roman emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar. [1]

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