(2376) Martynov

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Asteroid
(2376) Martynov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.2039 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1175 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8274 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.5804 ± 0.00002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.8379 ± 0.0422 °
Length of the ascending node 61.1939 ± 0.6232 °
Argument of the periapsis 300.8771 ± 0.0647 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 15th March 2018
Sidereal period 5.73 a ± 0.1637 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 41.583 ± 0.167 km
Albedo 0.045 ± 0.007
Absolute brightness 10.8 mag
history
Explorer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery April 14, 1978
Another name 1977 QG 3 ; 1937 TK; 1942 PC; 1948 QF; 1954 SC 1 ; 1959 NC; 1969 ED 2 ; 1970 LM; 1971 QK; 1974 CA 1 ; 1975 FF; 1981 GK
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(2376) Martynov ( 1977 QG 3 ; 1937 TK ; 1942 PC ; 1948 QF ; 1954 SC 1 ; 1959 NC ; 1969 ED 2 ; 1970 LM ; 1971 QK ; 1974 CA 1 ; 1975 FF ; 1981 GK ) is approximately 41 kilometers Large asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on April 14, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2376) Martynov was named after the Soviet astrophysicist Dmitri Jakowlewitsch Martynow (1906–1989), who was the director of the Sternberg Institute for Astronomy .

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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 5, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 QG 3 . Discovered 1977 Aug. 22 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "