(2627) Churyumov
|
Asteroid (2627) Churyumov |
|
|---|---|
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1065 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1755 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5612 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.6518 ± 0.00002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5002 ± 0.0408 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 109.5977 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 314.4203 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 16, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 5.48 a ± 0.1503 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 19.575 ± 0.234 km |
| Albedo | 0.072 ± 0.003 |
| Rotation period | 7.66 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
.svg){kind=small} Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
|
| Date of discovery | August 8, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 PP 3 ; 1951 UJ; 1958 BF; 1973 UA 1 ; 1975 BF 1 ; 1976 JH 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. | |
(2627) Churyumov ( 1978 PP 3 ; 1951 UJ ; 1958 BF ; 1973 UA 1 ; 1975 BF 1 ; 1976 JH 3 ) is an approximately twelve-kilometer asteroid of the outer main belt that was removed on August 8, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) Astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095). It belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2627) Churyumov was named after the Ukrainian- Soviet astronomer and children's book author Klym Churyumov (1937-2016). As an astronomer, he worked at the Faculty of the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev and was co-discoverer of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 1969 .
See also
Web links
- (2627) Churyumov in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2627) Churyumov 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 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 PP 3 . Discovered 1978 Aug. 8 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
|---|---|---|
| (2626) Belnika | numbering | (2628) Copal |