(2448) Sholokhov

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Asteroid
(2448) Sholokhov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7917  AU
eccentricity 0.1168
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4657 AU - 3.1176 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 17.6869 °
Length of the ascending node 131.1561 °
Argument of the periapsis 73.0255 °
Sidereal period 4.66 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.82 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 30.24 km (± 2.9)
Albedo 0.1337
Rotation period 10.061 h
Absolute brightness 10.7 mag
Spectral class SMASSII : L
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery 18th January 1975
Another name 1975 BU
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(2448) Sholokhov is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on January 18, 1975 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nauchnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Russian writer Michail Alexandrowitsch Scholochow (1905-1984), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1965 for his work The Silent Don .

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