(3017) Petrovič

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asteroid
(3017) Petrovič
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.6073 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1288 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2715 ± 0.0012 AU - 2.943 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.8355 ± 0.0475 °
Length of the ascending node 257.5403 ± 0.2205 °
Argument of the periapsis 216.8219 ± 0.2771 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 8, 2020
Sidereal period 4.21 a ± 0.1034 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 12.828 ± 0.142 km
Albedo 0.206 ± 0.027
Rotation period 4.08033 h
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery October 25, 1981
Another name 1981 UL ; 1970 CQ
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.

(3017) Petrovič ( 1981 UL ; 1970 CQ ) is an approximately 13-kilometer asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on October 25, 1981 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046) was discovered. It belongs to the Eunomia family , a group of asteroids named after (15) Eunomia .

designation

(3017) Petrovič was named after the Czechoslovak- Slovak climatologist Štefan Petrovič (1906–2000).

See also

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 October 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 UL. Discovered 1981 Oct. 25 by A. Mrkos at Kleť. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(3016) Meuse numbering (3018) Godiva