(2126) Gerasimovich
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Asteroid (2126) Gerasimovich |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.391 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.104 AU - 2.677 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.481 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 327.676 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 69.898 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 26, 2015 |
| Sidereal period | 3.70 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.805 (± 0.205) km |
| Albedo | 0.318 (± 0.051) |
| Rotation period | 22,951 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova |
| Date of discovery | August 30, 1970 |
| Another name | 1970 QZ; 1931 AQ; 1972 EH; 1976 GP 8 |
| 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. | |
(2126) Gerasimovich ( 1970 QZ ; 1931 AQ ; 1972 EH ; 1976 GP 8 ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on August 30, 1970 by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory .
designation
The asteroid was named after Boris Petrovich Gerassimowitsch (1889–1937). From 1922 to 1931 he was a professor at the National Vasyl Karasin University of Kharkiv and from 1933 director of the Pulkovo Observatory .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gerasimovich: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2126) Gerasimovich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 172 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 6, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich ”