(2360) Volgo-Don
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Asteroid (2360) Volgo-Don |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.672 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1954 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.15 ± 0.0008 AU - 3.194 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.3935 ± 0.0331 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 38.2699 ± 0.6914 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 2.9281 ± 0.7003 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 2nd August 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 4.37 a ± 0.093 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.692 ± 0.071 km |
| Albedo | 0.164 ± 0.020 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova |
| Date of discovery | 2nd November 1975 |
| Another name | 1975 VD 3 ; 1949 XD; 1962 XC |
| 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. | |
(2360) Volgo-Don ( 1975 VD 3 ; 1949 XD ; 1962 XC ) is an approximately nine kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on November 2, 1975 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory ( Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered.
designation
(2360) Volgo-Don was named after the Volga-Don Canal on the occasion of its 30th anniversary - a canal that connects the Volga and Don .
See also
Web links
- (2360) Volgo-Don in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2360) Volgo-Don 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 August 5, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1975 VD 3 . Discovered 1975 Nov. 2 by TM Smirnova at Nauchnyj. "