1006 Lagrangea

1006 Lagrangea
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. Belyavskyj
Discovery siteSimeiz Obs.
Discovery date12 September 1923
Designations
(1006) Lagrangea
Pronunciation/ləˈɡrɒndʒiə/[2]
Named after
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
(Italian astronomer)[3]
1923 OU
main-belt · (outer)[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc93.73 yr (34,235 days)
Aphelion4.2641 AU
Perihelion2.0210 AU
3.1425 AU
Eccentricity0.3569
5.57 yr (2,035 days)
283.17°
0° 10m 36.84s / day
Inclination10.917°
294.59°
86.231°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions29.53 km (derived)[4]
29.56±2.3 km[5]
30.36±6.84 km[6]
32.24±1.16 km[7]
35.310±0.345 km[8][9]
32.79±0.06 h[10]
0.046±0.006[8]
0.0469±0.0064[9]
0.058±0.005[7]
0.06±0.03[6]
0.0612 (derived)[4]
0.0670±0.012[5]
D[11] · C[4]
11.20[5][7][9] · 11.30[1][4][6] · 11.36±0.19[11]

Lagrangea (minor planet designation: 1006 Lagrangea), provisional designation 1923 OU, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 September 1923, by Russian astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[12] The asteroid was named after Italian mathematician and astronomer Joseph-Louis Lagrange.[3]

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