(2287) Kalmykia
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Asteroid (2287) Kalmykia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2,240 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1,860 AU - 2,620 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.286 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 93.264 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 214.610 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 1st September 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 3.35 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.948 ± 0.048 km |
| Albedo | 0.279 ± 0.028 |
| Rotation period | 12 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | 22nd August 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 QK 3 ; 1930 QO; 1950 OH; 1957 UA; 1974 VJ 2 ; 1977 TK 1 |
| 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. | |
(2287) Kalmykia ( 1977 QK 3 ; 1930 QO ; 1950 OH ; 1957 UA ; 1974 VJ 2 ; 1977 TK 1 ) is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on August 22, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) was discovered.
designation
(2287) Kalmykia was named after the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , which existed within the Soviet Union from 1935 to 1942 and from 1958 to 1991.
Web links
- (2287) Kalmykia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2287) Kalmykia 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. 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 for one of the autonomous republics of the {former} RSFSR ”