10780 Apollinaire
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 2, 1991 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 10780 |
| Named after | Guillaume Apollinaire |
| Alternative names | 1991 PB2 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1334112 |
| Perihelion | 2.1012790 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1971716 |
| Orbital period | 1546.6423512 |
| Mean anomaly | 49.08034 |
| Inclination | 6.36858 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 112.44329 |
| Argument of perihelion | 114.32919 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
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10780 Apollinaire (1991 PB2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 2, 1991 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. The asteroid is named after the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Appollinaris de Kostrowitzky).[1]
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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