(2198) Ceplecha

Asteroid (2198) Ceplecha
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Asteroid family	Astraea family
Major semi-axis	2.592 AU
eccentricity	0.198
Perihelion - aphelion	2.080 AU - 3.105 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.634 °
Length of the ascending node	223.169 °
Argument of the periapsis	181.247 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	2nd September 2017
Sidereal period	4,147 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.4 mag
history
Explorer	Oak Ridge Observatory
Date of discovery	7th November 1975
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(2198) Ceplecha is a main middle belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1975 at the Oak Ridge Observatory of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysicsin in Harvard, Massachusetts ( IAU code 801). The asteroid belongs to the Astraea family, a group of asteroids named after (5) Astraea .

designation

(2198) Ceplecha was named after the Czechoslovak astronomer Zdeněk Ceplecha , who became known for his work on meteors . His investigations of the meteorite Přibram led for the first time to the fact that an exact orbit could be given for such an object.

Web links

(2198) Ceplecha in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2198) Ceplecha in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (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. 179 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on October 20, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of the Czechoslovak astronomer Zdeněk Ceplecha ”

[1] 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. 179 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on October 20, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of the Czechoslovak astronomer Zdeněk Ceplecha ”