(2794) Kulik
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Asteroid (2794) Kulik |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4444 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2172 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9133 AU - 2.9754 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4922 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 330.6816 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 76.0835 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.82 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.05 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 8, h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | August 8, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 PS 3 , 1940 TJ, 1953 DE, 1959 SP, 1986 XX 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. | |
(2794) Kulik is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 8, 1978 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the Russian mineralogist Leonid Alexejewitsch Kulik (1883-1942), who is known for his research in the field of meteorites and in 1927 led the first Soviet research expedition to investigate the Tunguska incident .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kulik: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2794) Kulik in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2794) Kulik in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).