(17608) Terezín
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Asteroid (17608) Terezín |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0539 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0384 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9367 AU - 3.1711 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.3749 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.34 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Miloš Tichý |
| Date of discovery | October 12, 1995 |
| Another name | 1995 TN |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(17608) Terezín is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 October 1995 by Czech astronomer Miloš Tichý at Kleť Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 046).
The asteroid was named after the city of Terezín (German Theresienstadt) in Okres Litoměřice (Leitmeritz district) in the Czech Republic, which was made famous by the Theresienstadt concentration camp .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Terezin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17608) Terezín in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17608) Terezín in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).