(2498) Tsesevich
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Asteroid (2498) Tsesevich |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9177 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0843 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6717 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.1637 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.2348 ± 0.0495 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 331.7013 ± 0.0002 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 3.0432 ± 0.0002 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 8, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 4.98 a ± 0.146 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.294 ± 0.194 km |
| Albedo | 0.289 ± 0.035 |
| Rotation period | 2.864 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| history | |
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| Date of discovery | 23rd August 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 QM 3 ; 1972 RE 3 ; 1975 EA 1 ; 1977 RP 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. | |
(2498) Tsesevich ( 1977 QM 3 ; 1972 RE 3 ; 1975 EA 1 ; 1977 RP 3 ) is an approximately eleven kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on August 23, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych on Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered. It belongs to the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .
designation
(2498) Tsesevich was named after the Russian astronomer Wladimir Platonowitsch Zessewitsch (1907-1983) who was the director of the Odeska Astronomitschna Obserwatorija (Odessa observatory, IAU code 086). He studied the brightness of the asteroid (433) Eros and wrote a manual for amateur astronomers .
See also
Web links
- (2498) Tsesevich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2498) Tsesevich in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 14, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 QM 3 . Discovered 1977 Aug. 23 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2497) Kulikovsky | numbering | (2499) Brunk |