4492 Debussy
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4492 Debussy is a main belt asteroid
. It was discovered on 17 September 1988 by Eric Elst
. It is named after the French composer Claude Debussy
. It is believed to measure approximately 10 km in diameter
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On 21 March 2004 it was announced that lightcurve observations indicate the presence of a moon orbiting Debussy at a distance of between 5.2 and 13.5 km. Its provisional name is S/2004 (4492) 1.
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...
. It was discovered on 17 September 1988 by Eric Elst
Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst is a Belgian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with over 3,000 discovered so far ....
. It is named after the French composer Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
. It is believed to measure approximately 10 km in diameter
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...
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On 21 March 2004 it was announced that lightcurve observations indicate the presence of a moon orbiting Debussy at a distance of between 5.2 and 13.5 km. Its provisional name is S/2004 (4492) 1.