(2769) Mendeleev

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Asteroid
(2769) Mendeleev
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
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

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)

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