(2094) Magnitka
Asteroid (2094) Magnitka |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
Asteroid family | Matterania family |
Major semi-axis | 2.232 AU |
eccentricity | 0.097 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.017 AU - 2.448 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.029 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 281.940 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 251.619 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 17th April 2016 |
Sidereal period | 3.34 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 10.121 km |
Albedo | 0.132 |
Rotation period | 6.1124 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Crimean Observatory |
Date of discovery | October 12, 1971 |
Another name | 1971 TC 2 ; 1941 WK; 1951 WP; 1956 EB; 1964 TD; 1968 WE; 1977 FG |
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. |
(2094) Magnitka ( 1971 TC 2 ; 1941 WK ; 1951 WP ; 1956 EB ; 1964 TD ; 1968 WE ; 1977 FG ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt belonging to the Matterania family and located on October 12, 1971 at the Crimean Observatory has been discovered.
designation
The asteroid was named after the city of Magnitogorsk , one of the largest centers for metallurgy in the Soviet Union .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Magnitka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2094) Magnitka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Enlarged version. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 3. Edition. tape 1 . Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 978-3-662-06617-1 , pp. 269 (English, 938 pp., Google Books [ONLINE; accessed September 4, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the town of Magnitogorsk”