(1445) Konkolya

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Asteroid
(1445) Konkolya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1216  AU
eccentricity 0.1771
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5686 AU - 3.6745 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.285 °
Sidereal period 5.515 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.86 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 20 km
Absolute brightness 11.84 mag
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer György Kulin
Date of discovery January 6, 1938
Another name 1938 AF, 1978 GC4
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(1445) Konkolya is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 6 January 1938 by the Hungarian astronomers György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest was discovered.

The asteroid is named after Nicolaus Thege von Konkoly , the founder of the Ó Gyalla Observatory, today's geomagnetic observatory in Slovakia.

See also