(2616) Lesya

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Asteroid
(2616) Lesya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.1624 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0764 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9973 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.3276 ± 0.00001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.4443 ± 0.0314 °
Length of the ascending node 146.7460 ± 0.0002 °
Argument of the periapsis 201.4378 ± 0.0002 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 15, 2018
Sidereal period 3.18 a ± 0.0428 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 8.534 ± 0.097 km
Albedo 0.243 ± 0.035
Rotation period 9.2168 h
Absolute brightness 12.4 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery August 28, 1970
Another name 1970 QV ; 1929 UC; 1932 UB; 1938 OD; 1948 TP; 1948 TY 1 ; 1948 VC; 1951 RT 1 ; 1967 RZ; 1969 EC; 1975 BX 1
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(2616) Lesya ( 1970 QV ; 1929 UC ; 1932 UB ; 1938 OD ; 1948 TP ; 1948 TY 1 ; 1948 VC ; 1951 RT 1 ; 1967 RZ ; 1969 EC ; 1975 BX 1 ) is an asteroid about nine kilometers in size of the inner Main belt , which was discovered on August 28, 1970 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2616) Lesya was named after the Ukrainian poet , dramaturge and translator Lesja Ukrajinka (actually: Laryssa Petriwna Kossatsch ; 1871-1913).

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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 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “970 QV. Discovered 1970 Aug. 28 by TM Smirnova at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2615) Saito numbering (2617) Jiangxi