10140 Villon
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10140 Villon is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1375.3864884 days (3.77 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1993 and named in honor of French poet François Villon
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Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1375.3864884 days (3.77 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 19, 1993 and named in honor of French poet François Villon
François Villon
François Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison...
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