Petit

(1983 RR2 )

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Inclination: 7.217

Eccentricity: 0.114

Period: 3.648 years

AU 2.37

Type: 0000

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Discovery Chart

6.9.1983 00:00 Anderson Mesa 111w32 35n5 observations 1

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Named in honor of the French astronomer Jean-Marc Petit (b. 1961) for his work on the dynamics of planetary rings. Petit has also investigated the collisional evolution of the minor planet belt and the dynamical evolution of the (243) Ida-Dactyl system. Name suggested and citation provided by A. Morbidelli.

Discovered on 6-9-1983 in Anderson Mesa by Bowell, E.
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