(2139) Makharadze

Asteroid (2139) Makharadze
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Inner main belt
Asteroid family	Hertha family
Major semi-axis	2,461 AU
eccentricity	0.188
Perihelion - aphelion	2,000 AU - 2,923 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	2.180 °
Length of the ascending node	256.173 °
Argument of the periapsis	67.556 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	1st February 2017
Sidereal period	3.86 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	17.240 (± 0.092) km
Albedo	0.045 (± 0.007)
Rotation period	11.9759
Absolute brightness	12.80 mag
Spectral class	F.
history
Explorer	Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery	June 30, 1970
Another name	1970 MC; 1928 TF; 1955 SS ₁ ; 1955 UA ₁ ; 1970 PJ; 1974 QN; 1977 ER ₁ ; A924 RB
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(2139) Makharadze ( 1970 MC ; 1928 TF ; 1955 SS ₁ ; 1955 UA ₁ ; 1970 PJ ; 1974 QN ; 1977 ER ₁ ; A924 RB ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt belonging to the Hertha family and on June 30th Was discovered in 1970 by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory .

designation

The asteroid was named after the friendship between Georgians and Ukrainians . Makharadze is the old name of the Georgian city of Osurgeti . It is the twin town of the Ukrainian city Henichesk , after which the asteroid (2093) Genichesk was named.

Web links

Asteroid Makharadze: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
(2139) Makharadze in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 173 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 7, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of the friendship between the Georgian and Ukrainian peoples. Makharadze is the Georgian twin city of Genichesk ”

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 173 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 7, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of the friendship between the Georgian and Ukrainian peoples. Makharadze is the Georgian twin city of Genichesk ”