1997 Leverrier
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| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery date | September 14, 1963 |
| Alternate designations B |
1940 SF; 1950 TS3; 1953 QB; 1963 RC; 1973 SX4; 1973 UF |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.206 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 330.528 Gm (2.209 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 262.404 Gm (1.754 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 398.652 Gm (2.665 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1199.563 d (3.28 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 19.82 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 6.066° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
353.316° |
| Argument of perihelion (ω) |
0.691° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 2.866° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Dimensions | 6.8 km |
| Mass | 3.3×1014? kg |
| Density | 2.0? g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.0019? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | 0.0036? km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 13.4 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~187 K |
1997 Leverrier is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program and was named after Urbain Le Verrier, the French mathematician who, simultaneously with John Couch Adams, predicted the existence and position of the planet Neptune.
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