(2995) Taratuta

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Asteroid
(2995) Taratuta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.6174 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1354 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.263 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.9718 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.8314 ± 0.0378 °
Length of the ascending node 169.7460 ± 0.1465 °
Argument of the periapsis 329.8197 ± 0.2001 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 7, 2018
Sidereal period 4.23 a ± 0.0978 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 16.59 ± 1.2 km
Albedo 0.0704 ± 0.011
Rotation period 11.14 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union/ Nikolai Stepanowitsch TschernychRussia Soviet Federal Socialist RepublicRussian SFSR 
Date of discovery August 31, 1978
Another name 1978 QK ; 1951 JS; 1955 FD 2 ; 1955 FU; 1959 EE
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(2995) Taratuta ( 1978 QK ; 1951 JS ; 1955 FD 2 ; 1955 FU ; 1959 EE ) is an approximately 17 kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on August 31, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych on Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2995) Taratuta was named after the Soviet-Russian writer Evgenia Alexandrovna Taratuta (1912–2005).

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 29, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 QK. Discovered 1978 Aug. 31 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2994) Flynn numbering (2996) Bowman