(1904) Massevitch

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Asteroid
(1904) Massevitch
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.744  AU
eccentricity 0.074
Perihelion - aphelion 2.541 AU - 2.947 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.823 °
Length of the ascending node 106.527 °
Argument of the periapsis 260.109 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 2456985
Sidereal period 4.55 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 18 km
Albedo 0.16
Absolute brightness 11.3 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: R
history
Explorer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery May 9, 1972
Another name 1972 JM; 1949 JH; 1951 XN; 1958 YES; 1962 CE; 1965 YH; 1971 BF
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(1904) Massevitch ( 1972 JM , 1949 JH ; 1951 XN , 1958 YES ; 1962 CE , 1965 YH ; 1971 BF ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9. May 1972 by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was discovered. At the suggestion of the discoverer, it was named after the Russian astronomer AG Massewitsch (1918–2008).

With the simultaneously named asteroid (1905) Ambartsumian (1972 JZ) AG Massewitsch's former mentor, Prof. Viktor Ambarzumjan , was honored.

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