(2438) Oleshko

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Asteroid
(2438) Oleshko
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2438 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1082 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0011 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.4865 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.9009 ± 0.0436 °
Length of the ascending node 52.2858 ± 0.5382 °
Argument of the periapsis 170.9211 ± 0.579 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 3rd February 2018
Sidereal period 3.36 a ± 0.0684 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.179 ± 0.063 km
Albedo 0.468 ± 0.055
Rotation period 3.227 h
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery 2nd November 1975
Another name 1975 VO 2 ; 1937 GE; 1954 LG; 1954 MA; 1974 JB; 1977 EM
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(2438) Oleshko ( 1975 VO 2 ; 1937 GE ; 1954 LG ; 1954 MA ; 1974 JB ; 1977 EM ) is an approximately seven-kilometer asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on November 2, 1975 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2438) Oleshko was named after Valentina Iossifowna Oleschko (1924–1943) who founded a resistance group in Lampowo near Saint Petersburg (then: Leningrad ).

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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 12, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1975 VO 2 . Discovered 1975 Nov. 2 by TM Smirnova at Nauchnyj. "