(2250) Stalingrad

Asteroid (2250) Stalingrad
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Asteroid family	Themis family
Major semi-axis	3,194 AU
eccentricity	0.180
Perihelion - aphelion	2.618 AU - 3.770 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.524 °
Length of the ascending node	157.915 °
Argument of the periapsis	176.275 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	December 28, 2018
Sidereal period	5.71 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	19.270 ± 0.343 km
Albedo	0.119 ± 0.014
Absolute brightness	11.9 likes
history
Explorer	Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery	April 18, 1972
Another name	1972 HN ; 1951 UL; 1968 UK
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(2250) Stalingrad ( 1972 HN ; 1951 UL ; 1968 UK ) is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on April 18, 1972 by the Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095). The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

designation

(2250) Stalingrad was named after the Battle of Stalingrad , in which the German Empire and the Soviet Union fought over what is now Volgograd . The victory of the Soviet Union marked a decisive turning point in World War II .

Web links

(2250) Stalingrad in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2250) Stalingrad 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 November 1, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in commemoration of the fierce battle for the city. "

[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 November 1, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in commemoration of the fierce battle for the city. "