(1841) Masaryk
Asteroid (1841) Masaryk |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.4208 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0998 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.0793 AU - 3.7622 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6203 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 45.3222 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 120.0438 ° |
Sidereal period | 6.33 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.07 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 40.240 km (± 0.504) |
Albedo | 0.052 ± 0.005 |
Rotation period | 7.53 h |
Absolute brightness | 10.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Luboš Kohoutek |
Date of discovery | October 26, 1971 |
Another name | 1971 UO 1 , 1936 FW, 1955 DE, 1959 VJ, 1968 FG, 1970 QN |
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. |
(1841) Masaryk is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on October 26, 1971 by the Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at the Hamburg-Bergedorf observatory ( IAU code 029) in Hamburg .
The asteroid is named after the Czech philosopher and writer Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), who co-founded and was the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Masaryk: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1841) Masaryk in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1841) Masaryk in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).