(2386) Nikonov

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Asteroid
(2386) Nikonov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Gefion family
Major semi-axis 2.8136 ± 0.00001  AU
eccentricity 0.1588 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3669 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.2603 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.0854 ± 0.0451 °
Length of the ascending node 4.8819 ± 0.2491 °
Argument of the periapsis 311.6788 ± 0.2821 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 19, 2021
Sidereal period 4.72 a ± 0.1299 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.910 ± 0.208 km
Albedo 0.284 ± 0.055
Absolute brightness 11.6 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery September 19, 1974
Another name 1974 SN 1 ; 1941 SY; 1951 WB 1 ; 1979 UB 2 ; 1982 FD 2
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(2386) Nikonov ( 1974 SN 1 ; 1941 SY ; 1951 WB 1 ; 1979 UB 2 ; 1982 FD 2 ) is an approximately six kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on September 19, 1974 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095). It belongs to the Gefion family, a group of asteroids named after (1272) Gefion .

designation

(2386) Nikonov was named after the astronomer Wladimir Borissowitsch Nikonow (1905-1987), who was the head of the star department of the Crimean Observatory and a pioneer of photoelectric star photometry .

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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): “1974 SN 1 . Discovered 1974 Sept. 19 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "