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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1990 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10089 |
| Named after | Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune |
| Alternate name(s) | 1990 SS9 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8518883 |
| Peri | 1.9067201 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1986228 |
| Orbital period | 1340.5202596 |
| Mean anomaly | 250.18061 |
| Inclination | 3.32340 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 93.05231 |
| Argument of peri | 326.36180 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
10089 Turgot (1990 SS9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1990 by Eric Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It is named after the eighteenth century French economist and statesman Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot.