(2724) Orlov

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Asteroid
(2724) Orlov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 2.9262 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.12 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.575 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.2774 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.9808 ± 0.054 °
Length of the ascending node 153.6523 ± 0.7407 °
Argument of the periapsis 143.9208 ± 0.7897 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 28, 2017
Sidereal period 5.01 a ± 0.1614 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 20.730 ± 0.179 km
Albedo 0.086 ± 0.014
Absolute brightness 11.5 likes
Spectral class SMASSII: K
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery September 13, 1978
Another name 1978 RZ 5 ; 1948 TF 1 ; 1956 EF; 1972 LB; 1974 YQ; 1976 GO
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(2724) Orlov ( 1978 RZ 5 ; 1948 TF 1 ; 1956 EF ; 1972 LB ; 1974 YQ ; 1976 GO ) is an approximately 21 km large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on September 13, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2724) Orlov was named after Sergei Vladimirovich Orlow (1880-1958), a professor at the Lomonosov University in Moscow and Alexander Jakowlewitsch Orlov (1880-1954), the first president of the main observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ( Golosseevo Astronomical Observatory ) named. Moon craters were named after both of them .

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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 September 9, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 RZ 5 . Discovered 1978 Sept. 13 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2723) Gorshkov numbering (2725) David Bender