1979 Sakharov
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1979 |
Named after | Andrei Sakharov |
| 2006 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.6105373 |
| Perihelion | 2.1366917 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0998152 |
| 1335.7146652 | |
| 321.17373 | |
| Inclination | 6.04619 |
| 202.70288 | |
| 221.25473 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.5 | |
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1979 Sakharov (2006 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named in honour of a distinguished Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov.
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