(2849) Shklovsky
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Asteroid (2849) Shklovskij |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5662 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0102 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5399 AU - 2.5924 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.8087 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 44.0861 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 292.6682 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.11 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.59 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.1 km |
| Albedo | 0.0642 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | April 1, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 GN 3 , 1968 KE, 1972 HA, 1980 GU |
| 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. | |
(2849) Shklovskij is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on April 1, 1976 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the branch of the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( observatory code 095) near the city of Simferopol .
The asteroid is named after the Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist Iossif Samuilowitsch Schklowski (1916–1985), who is considered a pioneer in the exploration of SETI and who was one of the organizers of the first conferences at the Bjurakan Observatory on possibly existing extraterrestrial civilizations in the 1960s .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Shklovskij: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2849) Shklovskij in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2849) Shklovskij in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).