(4918) Rostropovich
Asteroid (4918) Rostropovich |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6394 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2335 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0231 AU - 3.2557 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.7688 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 205.3387 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 195.6663 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.29 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.33 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 11.93 km |
Albedo | 0.0651 |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | LI Chernych |
Date of discovery | August 24, 1974 |
Another name | 1974 QU 1 , 1983 YC |
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(4918) Rostropovich is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered on August 24, 1974 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the Russian cellist , conductor , pianist , composer and humanist Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch (1927–2007), who is considered one of the most important cellists in history.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rostropovich: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Rostropovich in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4918) Rostropovich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).