(2132) Zhukov
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Asteroid (2132) Zhukov |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7798 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0833 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5483 AU - 3.0113 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.8687 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 82.4559 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 337.5523 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.63 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.85 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 28.66 km (± 3.0) |
| Albedo | 0.0593 |
| Rotation period | 6.836 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | LI Chernych |
| Date of discovery | 3rd October 1975 |
| Another name | 1975 TW 3 , 1929 WR, 1931 GA, 1950 HC 1 , 1951 OC, 1955 MJ 1 , 1956 RK, 1966 UX, 1970 SE, 1972 BQ, 1977 EK, 1980 XY |
| 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. | |
(2132) Zhukov is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on October 3, 1975 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid was named after the Soviet Chief of Staff and Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgi Konstantinowitsch Schukow (1896–1974), who fought in World War II and accepted the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht on May 9, 1945 as a representative of the Soviet Union .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Zhukov: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2132) Zhukov in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2132) Zhukov in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).