(2280) Kunikov

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Asteroid
(2280) Kunikov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.178  AU
eccentricity 0.142
Perihelion - aphelion 1.870 AU - 2.487 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.568 °
Length of the ascending node 106.511 °
Argument of the periapsis 264.137 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 21, 2016
Sidereal period 3.22 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.140 ± 0.142 km
Albedo 0.270 ± 0.042
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: Sa
history
Explorer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery September 26, 1971
Another name 1971 SL 2 ; 1970 GY 1
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(2280) Kunikov ( 1971 SL 2 ; 1970 GY 1 ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on September 26, 1971 by the Russian astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2280) Kunikov was named after the Soviet Caesar Lvovich Kunikov (1909-1943), an officer in the Russian Marines in World War II , under whose leadership Malaya Zemlya was recaptured as part of the North Caucasian Operation . He was fatally wounded in Gelendzhik .

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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Tzezar 'L 'vovich Kunikov (1909–1943) ”