(6537) Adamovich

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Asteroid
(6537) Adamovich
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.1781  AU
eccentricity 0.1969
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7492 AU - 2.6071 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.0270 °
Length of the ascending node 120.1219 °
Argument of the periapsis 200.5316 °
Sidereal period 3.21 a
Mean orbital velocity 20.18 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 2.4 h
Absolute brightness 13.9 likes
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery 19th August 1979
Another name 1979 QK 6 , 1985 JQ
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(6537) Adamovich is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 19, 1979 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Belarusian writer , critic and literary scholar Ales Adamowitsch (1927-1994), who in 1988 was one of the founding members of the human rights organization Memorial .

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