(2232) Altaj

Asteroid (2232) Altaj
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Major semi-axis	2,668 AU
eccentricity	0.142
Perihelion - aphelion	2.289 AU - 3.047 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.694 °
Length of the ascending node	218.238 °
Argument of the periapsis	92.303 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	March 31, 2017
Sidereal period	4.36 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	11.780 ± 0.212 km
Albedo	0.202 ± 0.027
Absolute brightness	12.1 mag
history
Explorer	Bella Burnaschewa
Date of discovery	15th September 1969
Another name	1969 RD ₂ ; 1930 UH; 1951 LT; 1974 VM ₁
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(2232) Altaj ( 1969 RD ₂ ; 1930 UH ; 1951 LT ; 1974 VM ₁ ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt , on 15 September 1969 by the Russian Astronomin Bella Burnaschewa on Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) has been discovered.

designation

(2232) Altaj was named by the discoverer after the Altai Mountains and the Altai Republic in Russia - the place of residence of her mother Elena Andreevna Vasil'eva .

Web links

(2232) Altaj in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2232) Altaj 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. 181 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 29, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named by the discoverer for the place of residence of her mother ”

[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. 181 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 29, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named by the discoverer for the place of residence of her mother ”