7861 Messenger
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
Discovery date | March 2, 1981 |
Designations | |
7861 | |
1981 EK25 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 2.8631041 |
Perihelion | 2.0112527 |
Eccentricity | 0.1747618 |
1389.7266925 | |
314.86007 | |
Inclination | 1.95699 |
309.18841 | |
345.06129 | |
Physical characteristics | |
14.6 | |
7861 Messenger (1981 EK25) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
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