(2894) Kakhovka
Asteroid (2894) Kakhovka |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Outer main belt |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.118 ± 0.00002 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1352 ± 0.0004 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6964 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.5396 ± 0.0002 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5855 ± 0.0433 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 86.1149 ± 0.9338 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 32.2994 ± 0.9499 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | May 28, 2018 |
Sidereal period | 5.51 a ± 0.1658 d |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 13.222 ± 0.456 km |
Albedo | 0.146 ± 0.014 |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | / Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych |
Date of discovery | September 27, 1978 |
Another name | 1978 SH 5 ; 1953 FQ; 1962 XZ; 1975 ET 3 ; 1978 Item 4 ; 1979 YB 9 |
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. |
(2894) Kakhovka ( 1978 SH 5 ; 1953 FQ ; 1962 XZ ; 1975 ET 3 ; 1978 TZ 4 ; 1979 YB 9 ) is an approximately 13 km large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was removed on September 27, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095). It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2894) Kakhovka was named after the city of Kachowka in Kherson Oblast , which was then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and is now part of Ukraine .
See also
Web links
- (2894) Kakhovka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2894) Kakhovka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 SH 5 . Discovered 1978 Sept. 27 by LI Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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(2893) Peiroos | numbering | (2895) Memnon |