13070 Seanconnery

13070 Seanconnery
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. W. Elst
Discovery siteHaute-Provence Obs.
Discovery date8 September 1991
Designations
(13070) Seanconnery
Named after
Sean Connery
(Scottish actor)[2]
1991 RO2 · 1127 T-1
main-belt · (inner)[3]
background
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc46.20 yr (16,873 days)
Aphelion3.1052 AU
Perihelion1.7521 AU
2.4287 AU
Eccentricity0.2786
3.78 yr (1,382 days)
324.53°
0° 15m 37.44s / day
Inclination5.6226°
205.71°
131.76°
Physical characteristics
1.764±0.130 km[4][5]
3.57 km (calculated)[3]
7.085±0.001 h[6]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.900±0.095[4][5]
S (assumed)[3]
14.5[4] · 14.6[3] · 14.7[1] · 15.12±0.20[7]

13070 Seanconnery, provisional designation 1991 RO2, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1991, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory, St. Michael, in southeast France.[8] The asteroid was named after actor Sean Connery.[2]

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