(2288) Karolinum

Asteroid (2288) Karolinum
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Major semi-axis	2.9068 ± 0.0002 AU
eccentricity	0.161 ± 0.0001
Perihelion - aphelion	2.4403 ± 0.0022 AU - 3.3734 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	14.5743 ± 0.0489 °
Length of the ascending node	75.7345 ± 0.0230 °
Argument of the periapsis	100.7019 ± 0.2778 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	4th May 2016
Sidereal period	4.96 a ± 0.1730 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	18.910 ± 0.189 km
Albedo	0.197 ± 0.024
Rotation period	42.16 h
Absolute brightness	11.0 mag
history
Explorer	Ladislav Brožek
Date of discovery	19th October 1979
Another name	1979 IP ; 1937 GL; 1942 HJ; 1952 HN ₁ ; 1952 KJ; 1972 LD
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(2288) Karolinum ( 1979 UZ ; 1937 GL ; 1942 HJ ; 1952 HN ₁ ; 1952 KJ ; 1972 LD ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on October 19, 1979 by the Slovak (then Czechoslovak ) astronomer Ladislav Brožek at the Kle Observ Observatory was discovered near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).

designation

(2288) Karolinum was named after the Karolinum , the main building of the Charles University in Prague , founded in 1348, which is still in use . The main belt asteroid (4339) Almamater was named after Charles University.

Web links

(2288) Karolinum in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2288) Karolinum 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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 5, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the original main building, still in use, of the Charles University, founded in Prague in 1348. ”

[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 5, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the original main building, still in use, of the Charles University, founded in Prague in 1348. ”