(2769) Mendeleev
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Asteroid (2769) Mendeleev |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1389 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1287 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7347 AU - 3.5430 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5223 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 102.3652 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 46.9009 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.56 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.81 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 14 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | April 1, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 GZ 2 , 1953 EA 1 , 1981 AS |
| 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. | |
(2769) Mendeleev is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 1, 1976 by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
The asteroid is named after the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)