(2469) Tajikistan

Asteroid (2469) Tajikistan

The orbit of (2469) Tajikistan according to data from October 15, 2012
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	3.1081 AU
eccentricity	0.1379
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6795 AU - 3.5367 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	9.6766 °
Length of the ascending node	151.6887 °
Argument of the periapsis	140.0473 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	February 26, 2015
Sidereal period	5.48 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.88 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	12.625 (± 0.217) km
Albedo	0.069 (± 0.010)
Absolute brightness	12.5 mag
history
Explorer	Tamara Smirnova
Date of discovery	April 27, 1970
Another name	1970 HA , 1949 QE, 4290 T-3
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(2469) Tajikistan is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered by the Soviet astronomer Tamara Smirnova on April 27, 1970 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095). There had already been sightings of the asteroid on August 21, 1949 under the provisional designation 1949 QE at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl .

(2469) Tajikistan was named on February 8, 1982 after the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic .

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