(2377) Shcheglov

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Asteroid
(2377) Shcheglov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8786 ± 0.00001  AU
eccentricity 0.0578 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7121 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.045 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.0081 ± 0.0412 °
Length of the ascending node 262.3796 ± 0.0002 °
Argument of the periapsis 162.6601 ± 0.0002 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 25th September 2018
Sidereal period 4.88 a ± 0.1269 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 10.374 ± 0.222 km
Albedo 0.260 ± 0.060
Absolute brightness 12.1 mag
history
Explorer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery August 31, 1978
Another name 1978 QT 1 ; 1961 CM; 1973 QJ; 1984 YZ 4
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.

(2377) Shcheglov ( 1978 QT 1 ; 1961 CM ; 1973 QJ ; 1984 YZ 4 ) is an asteroid about ten kilometers in size of the outer main belt , which was discovered on August 31, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych in the Crimea. Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered. It belongs to the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

designation

(2377) Shcheglov was named after the astronomer Vladimir Petrovich Shcheglow (1904–1985) who was director of the Astronomical Institute of the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in Tashkent from 1941 .

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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 6, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 QT 1 . Discovered 1978 Aug. 31 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "