(2338) Bokhan
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Asteroid (2338) Bokhan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8348 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0627 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.657 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.0127 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.2043 ± 0.0391 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 112.5883 ± 0.8054 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 200.7451 ± 0.8799 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 5th February 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 4.77 a ± 0.1292 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.466 ± 0.123 km |
| Albedo | 0.234 ± 0.015 |
| Rotation period | 8 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | 22nd August 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 QA 3 ; 1953 RH; 1956 EU; 1971 HG; 1975 ET 2 |
| 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. | |
(2338) Bokhan ( 1977 QA 3 ; 1953 RH ; 1956 EU ; 1971 HG ; 1975 ET 2 ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on August 22, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).
designation
(2338) Bokhan was named after Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan (* 1916) who worked at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy in Saint Petersburg between 1944 and 1957 and between 1965 and 1974. She made a valuable contribution to the study of asteroids and the orbit exploration of Encke's comet .
See also
Web links
- (2338) Bokhan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2338) Bokhan 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 August 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 QA 3 . Discovered 1977 Aug. 22 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "