(2245) Hecatostus

Asteroid (2245) Hekatostos
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Major semi-axis	2,636 AU
eccentricity	0.133
Perihelion - aphelion	2.285 AU - 2.988 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	11.851 °
Length of the ascending node	85.189 °
Argument of the periapsis	317.101 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	September 9, 2018
Sidereal period	4.28 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	29.28 ± 1 km
Albedo	0.0622 ± 0.005
Rotation period	20.61 h
Absolute brightness	11.7 mag
history
Explorer	Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery	January 24, 1968
Another name	1978 YA ; 1952 FP; 1966 RH; 1972 TV ₁
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(2245) Hekatostos ( 1978 YA ; 1952 FP ; 1966 RH ; 1972 TV ₁ ) is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on January 24, 1968 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) has been discovered.

designation

(2245) Hekatostos was named after the Greek numeral for 100, since (2245) Hekatostos was the 100th asteroid discovered by the joint observation program of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad ) and the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .

Web links

(2245) Hekatostos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2245) Hekatostos 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. 183 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 31, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “The Greek ordinal number acknowledges this as the 100th minor planet. "

[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. 183 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 31, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “The Greek ordinal number acknowledges this as the 100th minor planet. "