| Minorplanet | yes |
|---|---|
| Bgcolour |
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| Discoverer | H. Debehogne |
| Discovery site | La Silla |
| Discovered | March 1, 1981 |
| Mp name | 3016 |
| Named after | Meuse |
| Alt names | 1981 EK |
| Epoch | May 14, 2008 |
| Aphelion | 2.9561403 |
| Perihelion | 2.7115033 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0431638 |
| Period | 1742.4376150 |
| Mean anomaly | 314.18212 |
| Inclination | 2.89205 |
| Asc node | 128.97056 |
| Arg peri | 322.79331 |
| Abs magnitude | 12.3[1] |
3016 Meuse (1981 EK) is an asteroid of the outer main-belt, approximately ten kilometers in diameter, which was discovered on March 1, 1981 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne and the Italian astronomer Giovanni de Sanctis at La Silla Observatory on La Silla in La Higuera, Chile.
Naming & designation
3016 Meuse was named after the Meuse (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 of Dinant (Asteroid: 2765 Dinant), Namur (3374 Namur), Huy, and Liège, as well as the cities of Maastricht, Venlo, and 's-Hertogenbosch in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "(3016) Meuse in IAU Minor Planet Center". www.minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ^ "(3016) Meuse", Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2003, pp. 248–248, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3017. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7, retrieved 2025-11-08