10140 Villon

10140 Villon

Name
Name Villon
Designation 1993 SX4
Discovery
Discoverer Eric Elst
Discovery date September 19, 1993
Discovery site Caussols
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.1323544
Semimajor axis (a) 2.4203837 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.1000353 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.7407321 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.77 a
Inclination (i) 2.61888°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 165.57989°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 21.74255°
Mean anomaly (M) 117.93131°

10140 Villon is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1375.3864884 days (3.77 years).[1]

The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1993 and named in honor of French poet François Villon[2].

References

  1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10140. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
  2. ^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Lutz Schmadel, p. 722