(4009) Drobyshevsky

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Asteroid
(4009) Drobyshevskij
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.132  AU
eccentricity 0.139
Perihelion - aphelion 2,698 AU - 3,567 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.3 °
Length of the ascending node 72.49 °
Sidereal period 5.54 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 18.05 km
Albedo 0.054
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery March 13, 1977
Another name 1977 EN 1
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.

(4009) Drobyshevskij is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on March 13, 1977 by Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych from the Crimean Observatory .

The asteroid was named after Eduard Michailowitsch Drobyschewski (* 1936), a physicist and astrophysicist from the Technological Institute in Saint Petersburg .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003, p. 342

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