7603 Salopia
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Stephen P. Laurie |
| Discovery site | Church Stretton |
| Discovery date | July 25, 1995 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 7603 |
| Named after | Shropshire |
| Alternative names | 1995 OA2 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.1474732 |
| Perihelion | 2.8149716 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0557660 |
| Orbital period | 1880.1391449 |
| Mean anomaly | 224.86126 |
| Inclination | 9.61850 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 216.56289 |
| Argument of perihelion | 32.81143 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
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7603 Salopia (provisional designation: 1995 OA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 25, 1995 by Stephen P. Laurie at Church Stretton (observatory 966).
It is named after Shropshire, the English county which Church Stretton is located in, using its Latin name.
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