(1979) Sakharov
Asteroid (1979) Sakharov |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Vesta family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3751 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0993 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1392 AU - 2.611 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.048 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,660 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.33 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | 7.5209 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2006 PL , 1971 SQ 3 , 1982 SZ 12 |
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. |
(1979) Sakharov is an asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Russian nuclear physicist, dissident and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Dmitrijewitsch Sakharov .