(2349) Kurchenko

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Asteroid
(2349) Kurchenko
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.7678 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1202 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.435 ± 0.001 AU - 3.1006 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 17.4892 ± 0.0454 °
Length of the ascending node 133.1316 ± 0.1257 °
Argument of the periapsis 218.2785 ± 0.2163 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 20th January 2017
Sidereal period 4.6 a ± 0.0013 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 18.801 ± 0.264 km
Albedo 0.206 ± 0.042
Rotation period 8.622 h
Absolute brightness 11.4 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: Xc
history
Explorer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery July 30, 1970
Another name 1970 upper floor ; 1957 WM 1 ; 1969 LC; 1979 NA
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(2349) Kurchenko ( 1970 OG ; 1957 WM 1 ; 1969 LC ; 1979 NA ) is an asteroid of the central main belt that was found on July 30, 1970 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj ) was discovered on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2349) Kurchenko was named after Nadezhda Kurchenko (1950–1970), who was killed by two gunmen while working as a stewardess .

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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): “1970 OG. Discovered 1970 July 30 by TM Smirnova at Nauchnyj. "