(1606) Jekhovsky

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Asteroid
(1606) Jekhovsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6905  AU
eccentricity 0.3154
Perihelion - aphelion 1.842 AU - 3.5389 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.701 °
Sidereal period 4,413 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.16 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 26 km
Absolute brightness 11,924 likes
history
Explorer Louis Boyer
Date of discovery September 14, 1950
Another name 1950 RH, 1928 RL, 1937 TS
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(1606) Jekhovsky is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 September 1950 by the French astronomer Louis Boyer in Algiers was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Russian-born French astronomer Beniamin Pavlovich Schechowski .

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