(1859) Kovalevskaya

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Asteroid
(1859) Kovalevskaya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Major semi-axis 3.207  AU
eccentricity 0.102
Perihelion - aphelion 2.880 AU - 3.535 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.706 °
Length of the ascending node 343.351 °
Argument of the periapsis 246.471 °
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Sidereal period 5.75 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 46 km
Albedo 0.069
Absolute brightness 10.2 mag
history
Explorer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa
Date of discovery 4th September 1972
Another name 1972 RS 2 ; 1932 RD; 1941 BQ; 1942 HH; 1949 PU; 1949 QW; 1950 ™ 4 ; 1953 EK 1 ; 1966 PC 1 ; A915 TK
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.

(1859) Kovalevskaya ( 1972 RS 2 ; 1932 RD ; 1941 BQ ; 1942 HH ; 1949 PU ; 1949 QW ; 1950 TM 4 ; 1953 EK 1 ; 1966 PC 1 ; A915 TK ) is an asteroid of the main belt that occurred on September 4 Was discovered in 1972 by Lyudmyla Shuravlowa in the Crimean Observatory .

It is named after the Russian mathematician Sofja Wassiljewna Kowalewskaja (1850-1891).