3016 Meuse

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.

Meuse

Discovery
Discovered by	H. Debehogne
Discovery site	La Silla
Discovery date	March 1, 1981
Designations
MPC designation	3016
Named after	Meuse
Alternative designations	1981 EK
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.9561403
Perihelion	2.7115033
Eccentricity	0.0431638
Orbital period (sidereal)	1742.4376150
Mean anomaly	314.18212
Inclination	2.89205
Longitude of ascending node	128.97056
Argument of perihelion	322.79331
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.3[1]

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

• List of minor planets: 3001-4000