(2722) Abalakin
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Asteroid (2722) Abalakin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2073 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1412 ± 0.00003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7543 ± 0.001 AU - 3.6604 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.6769 ± 0.0372 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 133.5511 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 111.5421 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 14, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 5.74 a ± 0.159 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 19.361 ± 0.101 km |
| Albedo | 0.068 ± 0.009 |
| Rotation period | 9.23 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
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| Explorer |
.svg){kind=small} Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
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| Date of discovery | April 1, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 GM 2 ; 1970 GO 2 ; 1978 TS 2 |
| 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. | |
(2722) Abalakin ( 1976 GM 2 ; 1970 GO 2 ; 1978 TS 2 ) is an approximately 19 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on April 1, 1976 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered. It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2722) Abalakin was named after the Russian-Soviet astronomer Viktor Kuzmitsch Abalakin (1930-2018), the head of ephemeris at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy , editor of Astronomicheskij Ezhegodnik and president of the fourth commission (ephemeris) of the International Astronomical Union from 1976 to 1979 was.
See also
Web links
- (2722) Abalakin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2722) Abalakin 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 September 9, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 GM 2 . Discovered 1976 Apr. 1 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. ”
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2721) Vsekhsvyatskij | numbering | (2723) Gorshkov |