(2341) Aoluta

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Asteroid
(2341) Aoluta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2117 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1522 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8751 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.5484 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.0745 ± 0.0348 °
Length of the ascending node 61.5908 ± 0.5788 °
Argument of the periapsis 347.8259 ± 0.5947 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 28, 2020
Sidereal period 3.29 a ± 0.0533 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.504 ± 0.092 km
Albedo 0.426 ± 0.059
Rotation period 3 h
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery December 16, 1976
Another name 1976 YU 1 ; 1933 UA; 1941 BO; 1956 TC 1 ; 1966 UV; 1969 RH; 1979 TL; A910 UB
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(2341) Aoluta ( 1976 YU 1 ; 1933 UA ; 1941 BO ; 1956 TC 1 ; 1966 UV ; 1969 RH ; 1979 TL ; A910 UB ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was destroyed on December 16, 1976 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2341) Aoluta was named in 1981 on the occasion of its centenary after the Leningrad Observatory (IAU code 584) operated by the State University of Saint Petersburg (then: State University of Leningrad ). The first part of the name (“Aolu”) stands for A stronomical O bservatory of L eningrad U niversity .

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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 August 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 YU1. Discovered 1976 Dec. 16 by LI Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "