1997 Leverrier

1997 Leverrier
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**1997 Leverrier**
Discovery ^A

Discoverer	Indiana Asteroid Program
Discovery date	September 14, 1963
Alternate designations ^B	1940 SF; 1950 TS₃; 1953 QB; 1963 RC; 1973 SX₄; 1973 UF
Category	Main belt
Orbital elements ^C
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.206
Semi-major axis (a)	330.528 G m (2.209 AU)
Perihelion (q)	262.404 Gm (1.754 AU)
Aphelion (Q)	398.652 Gm (2.665 AU)
Orbital period (P)	1199.563 d (3.28 a)
Mean orbital speed	19.82 km/s
Inclination (i)	6.066°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	353.316°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	0.691°
Mean anomaly (M)	2.866°
Physical characteristics ^D
Diameter	6.8 km
Mass	3.3×10¹⁴? kg
Density	2.0? g/cm³
Surface gravity	0.0019? m/s²
Escape velocity	0.0036? km/s
Rotation period	? d
Spectral class	?
Absolute magnitude	13.4
Albedo (geometric)	0.10?
Mean surface temperature	~187 K
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1997 Leverrier is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program and was named after Urbain Le Verrier, the French mathematician who, simultaneously with John Couch Adams, predicted the existence and position of the planet Neptune.

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