(30928) Jefferson

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( 30928 ) Jefferson is a main belt asteroid of the middle, which was discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at October 9, 1993 at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).

Mean distance from the sun ( semimajor axis), eccentricity and inclination of the orbital plane of the asteroid roughly correspond to the Maria family, one named after (170 ) Maria group of asteroids.

( 30928 ) Jefferson was named after Thomas Jefferson on 9 April 2009, the third President of the United States.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation (170) Maria Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Pasadena, California Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge (Massachusetts)
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