(6220) Stepanmakarov

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Asteroid
(6220) Stepanmakarov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0272  AU
eccentricity 0.0849
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7703 AU - 3.2840 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.8665 °
Sidereal period 5.27 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.12 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer LV Shuravlyova
Date of discovery September 26, 1978
Another name 1978 SN 7 , 1989 WS 1
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(6220) Stepanmakarov is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 26, 1978 by the Ukrainian-Soviet astronomer Lyudmyla Vasylivna Shuravlowa at the Crimean Observatory in Nauchnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Russian admiral , oceanographer , polar explorer and writer Stepan Ossipowitsch Makarow (1849-1904).

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