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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | November 18, 1990 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10093 |
| Named after | Rudolf Diesel |
| Alternate name(s) | 1990 WX1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6477449 |
| Peri | 2.1399751 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1060567 |
| Orbital period | 1352.8403390 |
| Mean anomaly | 22.88079 |
| Inclination | 6.79520 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 146.54893 |
| Argument of peri | 137.08823 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
10093 Diesel (1990 WX1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 18, 1990 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It is named after German engineer Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine.
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