2709 Sagan

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2709 Sagan is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1982. It is named after the late astronomer Carl Sagan.Sagan is an S-type asteroid meaning that it is stony in composition.

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apoapsis (km)

3.51134e+11

average speed (km/s)

72288.0

orbital period (μ)

1.0266e+08

periapsis (km)

3.05739e+11

temperature (K)

188.0

absolute magnitude

13.3

albedo

0.1

discovery date

1982-03-21

discoverer

Edward L. G. Bowell

epoch

June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)

escape velocity (kmh)

38.52

former name

; 1959 CC;, ; 1964 WT;, ; 1982 FH