(3461) Mandelshtam

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Asteroid
(3461) Mandelshtam
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3779  AU
eccentricity 0.1350
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0568 AU - 2.6990 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.2451 °
Length of the ascending node 57.9534 °
Argument of the periapsis 343.9069 °
Sidereal period 3.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.31 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 17.44 ± 1.5 km
Albedo 0.0305
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery 18th September 1977
Another name 1977 SA 1 , 1968 DQ, 1981 YU 1
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(3461) Mandelshtam is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 18, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Russian poet Ossip Emiljewitsch Mandelstam (1891-1938), a member of the literary group of Acmeists .

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