(2727) Paton

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Asteroid
(2727) Paton
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.6093 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1022 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3425 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.876 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.5092 ± 0.0464 °
Length of the ascending node 202.3009 ± 0.5476 °
Argument of the periapsis 279.3865 ± 0.0602 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 19th October 2018
Sidereal period 4.21 a ± 0.0876 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 9.063 ± 0.093 km
Albedo 0.311 ± 0.017
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery 22nd September 1979
Another name 1979 SO 9 ; 1939 DG; 1943 EX; 1949 QL 1 ; 1952 HG 3 ; 1964 CH; 1975 VE 10 ; 1977 FR 2
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(2727) Paton ( 1979 SO 9 ; 1939 DG ; 1943 EX ; 1949 QL 1 ; 1952 HG 3 ; 1964 CH ; 1975 VE 10 ; 1977 FR 2 ) is an approximately nine kilometer asteroid of the central main belt that was born on September 22 In 1979 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2727) Paton was named after the Soviet scientist Yevgeny Paton (1870–1953), who is known as an engineer for bridge construction and as the inventor of arc welding . The asteroid is also named after Borys Paton (1918–2020), who was a Soviet- Ukrainian scientist and specialist in electric welding, as well as the president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine .

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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): “1979 SO 9 . Discovered 1979 Sept. 22 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2726) Kotelnikov numbering (2728) Yatskiv