(2015) Kachuevskaya

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Asteroid
(2015) Kachuevskaya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2,335  AU
eccentricity 0.104
Perihelion - aphelion 2.093 AU - 2.577 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.913 °
Length of the ascending node 344.504 °
Argument of the periapsis 274.718 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 15th October 2014
Sidereal period 3.57 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 12 km
Rotation period 42.532 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa
Date of discovery 4th September 1972
Another name 1972 RA 3 ; 1939 FQ; 1940 SA; 1958 UK; 1971 HA
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(2015) Kachuevskaya ( 1972 RA 3 ; 1939 FQ ; 1940 SA ; 1958 UK ; 1971 HA ) is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 4, 1972 by the Ukrainian - Soviet astronomer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa (* 1946) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj was discovered.

designation

The asteroid was named after Natascha Kachuevskaya , who was killed in the German-Soviet War at the Battle of Stalingrad .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Page 163 (English)