(3039) Yangel
Asteroid (3039) Yangel |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5572 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1471 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1811 AU - 2.9334 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.2485 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 190.6054 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 72.3506 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.09 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.62 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx 9.4 km |
Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer | LW Shuravlowa |
Date of discovery | September 26, 1978 |
Another name | 1978 SP 2 , 1981 EP 17 |
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(3039) Yangel is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 26, 1978 by the Ukrainian-Russian astronomer Lyudmyla Vasylivna Shuravlowa at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the Soviet aerospace engineer Michail Kusmitsch Jangel (1911–1971), who was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1960 for his achievements in the field of launchers .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Yangel: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3039) Yangel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3039) Yangel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).