(6817) Plague
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Asteroid (6817) plague |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3084 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0807 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1221 AU - 2.4946 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3816 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 246.8835 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 205.6673 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | November 28, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 3.51 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.60 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.151 km (± 0.044) |
| Albedo | 0.283 (± 0.030) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | January 20, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 BP 2 , 1989 AB 2 |
| 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. | |
(6817) Pest is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on January 20, 1982 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
According to calculations, the mean diameter of (6817) Pest is between 4.1 and 4.2 km, the albedo at 0.283 (± 0.030).
The asteroid was named after Pest on December 8, 1998 , one of the cities that made Hungary's capital Budapest . The appointment was made to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of Budapest. The university observatory there and the Konkoly observatory are mentioned in the dedication text for the name of the asteroids .
See also
Web links
- (6817) Pest in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6817) Pest in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Individual evidence
- ↑ After Buda , the other namesake of the city of Budapest, the asteroid (908) Buda was named much earlier .
- ↑ Entry of the asteroid on the website of the Kleť Observatory (English)