(2266) Tchaikovsky
Asteroid (2266) Tchaikovsky |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.3979 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1824 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7780 AU - 4.0178 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.2519 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 229.4694 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 205.8980 ° |
Sidereal period | 6.26 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.16 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 46.94 km |
Albedo | 0.0384 |
Rotation period | 37.7 h |
Absolute brightness | 10.8 mag |
Spectral class | D. |
history | |
Explorer | LI Chernych |
Date of discovery | November 12, 1974 |
Another name | 1974 VK , 1937 VM, 1937 VQ, 1943 UH, 1951 AY 1 , 1955 QY, 1962 WM 2 , 1973 QH |
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(2266) Tchaikovsky is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on November 12, 1974 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid was named after the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tchaikovsky: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2266) Tchaikovsky in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2266) Tchaikovsky in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).