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1509 Esclangona is a small asteroid discovered on December 21, 1938 by André Patry from Nice, France. Its provisional designation was 1938 YG. It measures 12 km in diameter. It is named after Ernest Esclangon, a French astronomer. Jump to: navigation, search An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... AndrÃ© Patry (November 22, 1902 â€“ June 20, 1960) was a French astronomer. ... Night view along the Promenade des Anglais This article is about the city. ... For the geometric term, see diameter. ... Ernest Benjamin Esclangon (March 17, 1876 â€“ January 28, 1954) was a French astronomer and mathematician. ...

Esclangona has a small moon, provisionally named S/2003 (1509) 1, which measures 4 km in diameter, and orbits 140 km from its parent. This wide separation relative to the pair's size is rather unusual and it is believed that both Esclangona and its moon are ejecta from an asteroidal collision in the past that left the scene as a co-orbiting pair; a similar pairing is 3749 Balam and its moon [1]. 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl An asteroid moon is an asteroid that orbits another asteroid. ... In volcanology, ejecta consists of particles that came out of a volcanic vent, traveled though the air or under water, and fell back on the ground surface or on the ocean floor. ...

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