(22278) Protitch
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Asteroid (22278) Protitch |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5570 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1858 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0818 AU - 3.0322 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.6925 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 329.6974 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 60.7080 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.09 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.61 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | 2nd September 1983 |
| Another name | 1983 RT 3 , 1987 QJ 2 |
| 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. | |
(22278) Protitch is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 September 1983 by the Belgian astronomer Henri DEBEHOGNE at La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named on December 30, 2001 after the Yugoslav astronomer and three-time director of the Belgrade observatory Milorad B. Protić (1911-2001), who was known for his work in the fields of celestial mechanics and the fundamentals of astronomy.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Protitch: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22278) Protitch in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (22278) Protitch in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).