(20164) Janzajíc
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Asteroid (20164) Janzajíc |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2451 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1513 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9054 AU - 2.5848 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8939 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 202.1454 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 84.5054 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.36 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.87 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Jana Tichá Miloš Tichý |
| Date of discovery | November 9, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 PY 2 |
| 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. | |
(20164) Janzajíc is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 9, 1996 by the Czech astronomers Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) in the Czech Republic .
The asteroid was named on September 2, 2001 after the Czech student Jan Zajíc (1950–1969), who burned himself on Wenceslas Square in Prague on February 25, 1969 as a protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Janzajic: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (20164) Janzajíc in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (20164) Janzajíc in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).