(2420) Čiurlionis

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Asteroid
(2420) Čiurlionis
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5599  AU
eccentricity 0.1332
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2190 AU - 2.9008 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.6108 °
Length of the ascending node 205.6367 °
Argument of the periapsis 197.8347 °
Sidereal period 4.10 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 8.444 ± 0.198 km
Albedo 0.327 ± 0.086
Rotation period 15.76 h
Absolute brightness 12.3 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery 3rd October 1975
Another name 1975 TN , 1979 QF
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(2420) Čiurlionis is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 3, 1975 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nauchnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), who has the status of a national hero in Lithuania.

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