(2198) Ceplecha
Asteroid (2198) Ceplecha |
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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 |
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. |
(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 ”