(1977) Shura

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Asteroid
(1977) Shura
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,784  AU
eccentricity 0.072
Perihelion - aphelion 2.585 AU - 2.984 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.756 °
Length of the ascending node 332.301 °
Argument of the periapsis 309.206 °
Time of passage of the perihelion February 8, 2016
Sidereal period 4.65 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 17 km
Rotation period (7.461 ± 0.004) h
Absolute brightness 11.5 likes
Spectral class SMASS: Sq
history
Explorer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery August 30, 1970
Another name 1970 QY; 1942 RW; 1952 UT 1 ; 1968 DE
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(1977) Shura ( 1970 QY ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 August 1970 by the Russian astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was discovered.

It is named after Alexander Anatoljewitsch Kosmodemjanski (1925–1945).

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