(33158) Rufus
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Asteroid (33158) Rúfus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6735 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2732 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9431 AU - 3.4039 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.3266 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 29.0823 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 317.8966 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.37 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.140 ± 0.149 km |
| Albedo | 0.374 ± 0.050 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Peter Kolény Leonard Kornoš |
| Date of discovery | February 26, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 DU 23 , 1987 SX 13 |
| 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. | |
(33158) Rúfus is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 26, 1998 by the Slovak astronomers Peter Kolény and Leonard Kornoš at the observatory of the Comenius University Bratislava in Modra ( IAU code 118) in Slovakia .
The asteroid was named on January 30, 2010 after the Slovak poet , literary historian , translator and essayist Milan Rúfus (1928–2009), whose work was distinguished by religious poetry.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rúfus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (33158) Rúfus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (33158) Rúfus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).