(39880) Dobšinský
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Asteroid (39880) Dobšinský |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3073 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0937 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0912 AU - 2.5234 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.2672 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 118.4751 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 344.8669 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.50 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
P. Kolény L. Kornoš |
| Date of discovery | March 15, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 ER 9 , 1977 DM 8 |
| 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. | |
(39880) Dobšinský is an asteroid of the main belt which was discovered on March 15, 1998 by the Slovak astronomers Peter Kolény and Leonard Kornoš at the observatory of the Comenius University in Modra ( IAU code 118). The first sightings of the asteroid had already been made in February 1977 under the provisional designation 1977 DM 8 at the Kiso Observatory on Mount Ontake in Japan .
The asteroid was named on April 6, 2012 after the Slovak writer and Protestant pastor Pavol Dobšinský (1828–1885), who was known for his role in the collection and editing of Slovak oral tradition.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dobšinský: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (39880) Dobšinský in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (39880) Dobšinský in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (39880) Dobšinský at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)