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3198 Wallonia
3198 Wallonia, provisional designation ', is a stony asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 30 December 1981, by Belgian astronomer François Dossin at the Haute-Provence Observatory in France. The S/K-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.5 hours. It was named after the French speaking region of Wallonia in Belgium. Orbit and classification ''Wallonia'' is a Mars-crossing asteroid, crossing the orbit of Mars at 1.666 AU. Members of this dynamically unstable group are located between the main belt and near-Earth populations. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,177 days; semi-major axis of 2.18 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.24 and an inclination of 18 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation. Naming This minor planet was named after Wallonia, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Dossin
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth object, near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and Distant minor planet, distant objects). , the discovery of List of minor planets#Diagram-breakup-into-populations, 612,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1141 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or Astronomical survey, surveys ''(see )''. On how a discovery is made, ''see observations of small Solar System bodies. For a description of the tables below, see ''. Discovering astronomers }, :de:Masanori Matsuyama, (bio-de) , align=left , M. Matsuyama , , - id="D. Matter" , align=left , Daniel Matter , :Discoveries by Daniel Matter, 7 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , D. Matter; amateur, :it:Daniel Matter, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Matter , , - id="A. Maury" , align=left , Alain Maury , :Discoveries by Alain Maury, 9 , 1958–pres. , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
