(29528) Kaplinski
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Asteroid (29528) Kaplinski |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6782 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0964 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4200 AU - 2.9364 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.5759 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 44.3744 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 324.7012 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | February 26, 2015 |
| Sidereal period | 4.38 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.451 (± 0.193) km |
| Albedo | 0.269 (± 0.045) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Lenka Kotková |
| Date of discovery | January 10, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 AN 8 |
| 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. | |
(29528) Kaplinski is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on January 10, 1998 by the Czech astronomer Lenka Kotková (then still under her birth name Lenka Šarounová ) at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) in Ondřejov u Prahy .
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be around 4.5 km .
(29528) Kaplinski was named on February 18, 2011 after the Estonian writer , poet , translator and philosopher Jaan Kaplinski (* 1940). In the naming text for the asteroid it is mentioned that Kaplinski is also an amateur astronomer and has written a non-fiction book about astronomy .
Web links
- (29528) Kaplinski in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (29528) Kaplinski in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (29528) Kaplinski that according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)