(2304) Slavia

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Asteroid
(2304) Slavia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.6136 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1319 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2687 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.9585 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.5973 ± 0.0039 °
Length of the ascending node 195.9148 ± 0.0144 °
Argument of the periapsis 59.2914 ± 0.192 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 7, 2017
Sidereal period 4.23 a ± 0.0863 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.88 ± 1 km
Albedo 0.1372 ± 0.027
Rotation period 2.9166 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery May 18, 1979
Another name 1979 KB ; 1962 JM; 1970 GF 1 ; 1980 RF 1
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(2304) Slavia ( 1979 KB ; 1962 JM ; 1970 GF 1 ; 1980 RF 1 ) is an asteroid of the central main belt that was found on May 18, 1972 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť observatory on the Kleť in was discovered near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).

designation

(2304) Slavia was named after the Slavic name Slavia . This name is used for several well-known sports clubs in Prague , the capital of the Czech Republic; for example for the soccer club Slavia Prague .

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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 July 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1953 TG2. Discovered 1953 Oct. 10 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "