(2238) Steshenko

Asteroid (2238) Steshenko
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Major semi-axis	3.059 AU
eccentricity	0.179
Perihelion - aphelion	2.512 AU - 3.607 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.311 °
Length of the ascending node	33.449 °
Argument of the periapsis	294.029 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	April 6, 2015
Sidereal period	5.35 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	14.973 ± 0.184 km
Albedo	0.086 ± 0.016
Absolute brightness	12.5 mag
history
Explorer	Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery	September 11, 1972
Another name	1972 RQ ₁ ; 1976 HA ₁ ; 1977 RV ₃ ; 1978 VP ₅
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.

(2238) Steshenko ( 1972 RQ ₁ ; 1976 HA ₁ ; 1977 RV ₃ ; 1978 VP ₅ ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on September 11, 1972 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2238) Steshenko was named after Nikolai Wladimirowitsch Steschenko (* 1927), the deputy head of the Crimean Observatory. He contributed to the success of the asteroid discovery and observation project and is best known for his work on solar physics .

Web links

(2238) Steshenko in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2238) Steshenko in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (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. 182 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 31, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of Nikolaj Vladimirovich Steshenko {1927–} ”

[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. 182 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 31, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of Nikolaj Vladimirovich Steshenko {1927–} ”