| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. Debehogne |
| Discovery site | La Silla |
| Discovery date | March 1, 1981 |
| Designations | |
| 3016 | |
Named after | Meuse |
| 1981 EK | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9561403 |
| Perihelion | 2.7115033 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0431638 |
| 1742.4376150 | |
| 314.18212 | |
| Inclination | 2.89205 |
| 128.97056 | |
| 322.79331 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.3[1] | |
3016 Meuse (1981 EK) is anasteroid of the outermain-belt, approximately ten kilometers in diameter, which was discovered on March 1, 1981 by theBelgian astronomerHenri Debehogne and the Italian astronomerGiovanni de Sanctis at La Silla Observatory onLa Silla inLa Higuera,Chile.
3016 Meuse was named after theMeuse (Dutch/German:Maas), a river nearly 900 kilometers long. It flows through the French cities of Verdun, Domremy-la-Canne, and Sedan; the Belgian cities ofDinant (Asteroid:2765 Dinant),Namur (3374 Namur),Huy, andLiège, as well as the cities of Maastricht, Venlo, and 's-Hertogenbosch in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[2]
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