7853 Confucius

Confucius

Discovery
Discovered by	Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site	Palomar Observatory
Discovery date	September 29, 1973
Designations
MPC designation	7853
Named after	Confucius
Alternate name(s)	2086 T-2
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap	3.7802309
Peri	2.3131623
Eccentricity	0.2407638
Orbital period	1942.4159986
Mean anomaly	47.87758
Inclination	5.93986
Longitude of ascending node	350.44995
Argument of peri	174.18569
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.0

7853 Confucius (2086 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 7853 Confucius

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