858 El Djezaïr

858 El Djezaïr

Name
Name El Djezaïr
Designation 1916 a
Discovery
Discoverer F. Sy
Discovery date May 26, 1916
Discovery site Algiers
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.104
Semimajor axis (a) 2.810 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.518 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.103 AU
Orbital period (P) 4.712 a
Inclination (i) 8.882°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 67.304°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 175.635°
Mean anomaly (M) 349.363°

858 El Djezaïr is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. El Djezaïr is Arabic for Algeria (and Algiers, its site of discovery). It is one of the three largest members of the Leto family (a small, well-defined family of asteroids about 2.8 AU distant from the Sun), along with 68 Leto and 236 Honoria, all of which are spectral type S.

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