(2552) Remek
Asteroid (2552) Remek |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.1464 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1890 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7407 AU - 2.5521 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9017 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 343.4721 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 343.8693 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.14 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 20.32 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1978 |
Another name | 1978 SP , 1975 TV 4 , 1975 VZ 9 |
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(2552) Remek is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1978 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť observatory ( observatory code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov in South Bohemia .
The asteroid was named after the former Czech spaceman Vladimír Remek (* 1948), who is a member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic.
See also
Web links
- (2552) Remek: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (2552) Remek in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2552) Remek in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).