(2266) Tchaikovsky

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Asteroid
(2266) Tchaikovsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
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).

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