(2199) Klet

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Asteroid
(2199) Klet
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.241  AU
eccentricity 0,201
Perihelion - aphelion 1.790 AU - 2.692 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.198 °
Length of the ascending node 146.941 °
Argument of the periapsis 142.755 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 10, 2019
Sidereal period 3.35 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.961 ± 0.091 km
Albedo 0.210 ± 0.032
Rotation period 12.857 h
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery June 6, 1978
Another name 1978 LA ; 1928 QE; 1941 HG; 1948 MD; 1975 RU
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(2199) Klet ( 1978 LA ; 1928 QE ; 1941 HG ; 1948 MD ; 1975 RU ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on June 6, 1978 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046) was discovered.

designation

(2199) Klet was named after the Kleť observatory, the place where it was discovered and the Kleť mountain on which the observatory is located.

Web links

Individual evidence

  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. 178 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 27, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered and for the mountain in southern Bohemia on which the observatory is located. "