(2216) Kerch

Asteroid (2216) Kerch
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Asteroid family	Eos family
Major semi-axis	3.022 AU
eccentricity	0.098
Perihelion - aphelion	2.725 AU - 3.318 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	10.443 °
Length of the ascending node	155.741 °
Argument of the periapsis	181.917 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	26th September 2019
Sidereal period	5.25 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	18.024 ± 3.187 km
Albedo	0.120 ± 0.013
Rotation period	9.462 h
Absolute brightness	11.2 mag
history
Explorer	Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery	June 12, 1971
Another name	1971 LF ; 1930 QF; 1935 QF ₁ ; 1938 DJ; 1959 CG ₁ ; 1970 FK; 1975 ES ₂ ; 1977 RB ₄
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(2216) Kerch ( 1971 LF ; 1930 QF ; 1935 QF ₁ ; 1938 DJ ; 1959 CG ₁ ; 1970 FK ; 1975 ES ₂ ; 1977 RB ₄ ) is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on June 12, 1971 by the Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova was discovered at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095). The asteroid belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .

designation

(2216) Kerch was named after the Russian or Ukrainian city of Kerch in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea .

Web links

(2216) Kerch in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2216) Kerch in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

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. 180 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 28, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the hero city in the Crimea ”

[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. 180 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 28, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the hero city in the Crimea ”