(2723) Gorshkov
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Asteroid (2723) Gorshkov |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1174 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1997 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4947 ± 0.0014 AU - 3.74 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0811 ± 0.0433 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 153.0706 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 227.4509 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 11, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 5.5 a ± 0.1444 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 12.796 ± 0.426 km |
| Albedo | 0.108 ± 0.012 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
.svg){kind=small} Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
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| Date of discovery | August 31, 1978 |
| 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. | |
(2723) Gorshkov ( 1976 GM 2 ; 1970 GO 2 ; 1978 TS 2 ) is an approximately 13 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on August 31, 1978 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
(2723) Gorshkov was named after the geodesist and astronomer Pyotr Michailowitsch Gorschkow (1883-1975), who was a professor at the State University of St. Petersburg and researched in the fields of geodesy , gravimetry , celestial mechanics and the history of astronomy .
See also
Web links
- (2723) Gorshkov in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2723) Gorshkov 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): “1978 QL 2 . Discovered 1978 Aug. 31 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2722) Abalakin | numbering | (2724) Orlov |