(22442) Blaha
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Asteroid (22442) Blaha |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1908 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0270 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1316 AU - 2.2499 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8792 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.12 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 16.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Jana Tichá Miloš Tichý |
| Date of discovery | October 14, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 TM 9 |
| 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. | |
(22442) Blaha is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 14, 1996 by the Czech astronomers Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov in South Bohemia .
The asteroid was named after the American astronaut John Elmer Blaha (* 1942), who completed a total of five space flights, including a four-month stay on the MIR space station . A planned sixth mission was canceled after the Challenger disaster .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Blaha: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22442) Blaha in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (22442) Blaha in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).