Diderot

(1989 SG5 )
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NOW @ 13 TAU 56
FOUND @ 29 ARI 1
 
Inclination: 5.596
Eccentricity: 0.143
Period: 3.781 years
AU 2.427
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

26.9.1989 06:06 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1


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Named in memory of Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French author of dramas, novels and philosophical essays. Together with d’Alembert {see planet  (5956)}, he will be remembered for his Encyclopedia, a huge task that took almost 20 years of his life and resulted in more than one thousand articles on philosophy, literature, religion, politics, economics and applied sciences. (M 23540) _ _.


Discovered on 26-9-1989 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.

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