(2385) Mustel

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Asteroid
(2385) Mustel
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.243 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1608 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8824 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.6035 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.0801 ± 0.0379 °
Length of the ascending node 153.2056 ± 0.5861 °
Argument of the periapsis 308.7459 ± 0.1601 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 18th October 2019
Sidereal period 3.36 a ± 0.0621 d
Physical Properties
Rotation period 4.5940 h
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
history
Explorer Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery November 11, 1969
Another name 1969 VW ; 1976 YQ 3 ; A915 RH; A915 SA
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(2385) Mustel ( 1969 VW ; 1976 YQ 3 ; A915 RH ; A915 SA ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered on November 11, 1969 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj ) was discovered on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2385) Mustel was named after the astronomer Ewald Rudolfowitsch Mustel (1911–1988), who was chairman of the astronomy department of the Soviet Academy of Sciences , author of the Astronomicheskij Zhurnal and vice-president of the International Astronomical Union from 1970 to 1976. His research includes solar and star physics as well as the correlation of geophysical phenomena and solar activity .

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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): “1969 VW. Discovered 1969 Nov. 11 by LI Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "