(2144) Marietta

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Asteroid
(2144) Marietta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8754  AU
eccentricity 0.0620
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6971 AU - 3.0538 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.8264 °
Sidereal period 4.88 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.56 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 16 km
Rotation period 5.489 h
Absolute brightness 11.2 mag
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery 18th January 1975
Another name 1975 BC 1 , 1929 VB, 1947 LH, 1968 UC 3 , 1971 HC, 1972 NM, 1973 TA 1 , 1977 NO
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(2144) Marietta is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on January 18, 1975 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .

The asteroid was named after the Soviet writer and philologist Marietta Sergejewna Schaginjan (1888–1968). The native Armenian was also a member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences .

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