(2254) Requiem

Asteroid (2254) Requiem
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Inner main belt
Major semi-axis	2,342 AU
eccentricity	0.150
Perihelion - aphelion	1.991 AU - 2.694 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	5.043 °
Length of the ascending node	338.184 °
Argument of the periapsis	24.648 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	4th March 2017
Sidereal period	3.58 a
Physical Properties
Rotation period	4,430 h
Absolute brightness	12.3 mag
history
Explorer	Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery	19th August 1977
Another name	1977 QJ ₁ ; 1941 QC; 1959 RG; 1959 RR; 1966 PF; 1972 GS; 1976 JQ; 1977 TS ₅ ; A916 UB
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(2254) Requiem ( 1977 QJ ₁ ; 1941 QC ; 1959 RG ; 1959 RR ; 1966 PF ; 1972 GS ; 1976 JQ ; 1977 TS ₅ ; A916 UB ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on August 19, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2254) Requiem was named after the mother of the explorer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych, Melaniya Petrovna Tschernych , who died on the day of the discovery.

Web links

(2254) Requiem in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2254) Requiem in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

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. 184 (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): “The name is dedicated to the memory of the discoverer's 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. 184 (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): “The name is dedicated to the memory of the discoverer's mother "