12701 Chénier

12701 Chénier
Name
Name Chénier
Designation 1990 GE
Discovery
Discoverer Eric Elst
Discovery date April 15, 1990
Discovery site European Southern Observatory
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.1684723
Semimajor axis (a) 2.3330751 AU
Perihelion (q) 1.9400166 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.7261336 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.56 a
Inclination (i) 6.51386°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 356.47463°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 192.79157°
Mean anomaly (M) 22.06464°

12701 Chénier is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1301.6418259 days (3.56 years).[1] It has an average orbital speed of 19.4977796 km/s.

The asteroid was discovered on April 15, 1990 at the European Southern Observatory.

This asteroid is named after André Chénier a French poet.

References

  1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-04-07.