(13097) Lamoraal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Lamoraal, Count of Egmont (1522-1568), was a Flemish nobleman. Together with William of Orange and the Count of Hoorne he protested against the Spanish Inquisition. His life, capture and execution were memorialized in Goethe's play Egmont, with music by Beethoven to accompany its first performance in 1810.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lamoraal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lamoraal is 2.35 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13097 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0157 |
| Inclination | 2.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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