(21873) Jindřichůvhradec

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Asteroid
(21873) Jindřichůvhradec
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1526  AU
eccentricity 0.2069
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5002 AU - 3.8050 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.4631 °
Length of the ascending node 238.0246 °
Argument of the periapsis 130.9631 °
Sidereal period 5.60 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.78 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.183 ± 0.136
Albedo 0.237
Rotation period 50.5874 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer Jana Tichá
Miloš Tichý
Date of discovery October 29, 1999
Another name 1999 UU 3 , 1982 SN 8 , 1988 XA 5
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(21873) Jindřichůvhradec is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 29, 1999 by the Czech astronomers Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic .

The asteroid was named on January 28, 2002 after the town of Jindřichův Hradec in South Bohemia , the district town of the Okres Jindřichův Hradec of the same name . The beginnings go back to the 10th century.

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