(6535) Archipenko

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Asteroid
(6535) Archipenko
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4212  AU
eccentricity 0.1785
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9891 AU - 2.8534 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.2413 °
Length of the ascending node 338.8071 °
Argument of the periapsis 272.1203 °
Sidereal period 3.77 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.14 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery October 17, 1960
Another name 3535 PL , 1981 AB 4 , 1990 QW 2
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(6535) Archipenko is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 October 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 675).

The asteroid was named after the Ukrainian-American sculptor Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964), who was the first sculptor to transfer cubism to sculpture.

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