(6681) Prokopovich
Asteroid (6681) Prokopovich |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2051 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1459 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8834 AU - 2.5268 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.7792 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.27 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 20.06 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Lyudmyla Shuravlowa |
Date of discovery | September 6, 1972 |
Another name | 1972 RU 3 , 1982 UF 6 |
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. |
(6681) Prokopovich is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on September 6, 1972 by the Ukrainian-Soviet astronomer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa at the branch of the Crimean Observatory ( observatory code 095) in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid is named after Theophan Prokopovich (1681–1736), Archbishop of Novgorod and ecclesiastical adviser to Peter the Great .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Prokopovich: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Prokopovich in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6681) Prokopovich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).