(2280) Kunikov
Asteroid (2280) Kunikov |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.178 AU |
eccentricity | 0.142 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.870 AU - 2.487 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.568 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 106.511 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 264.137 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | October 21, 2016 |
Sidereal period | 3.22 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 6.140 ± 0.142 km |
Albedo | 0.270 ± 0.042 |
Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag |
Spectral class | SMASSII: Sa |
history | |
Explorer | Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova |
Date of discovery | September 26, 1971 |
Another name | 1971 SL 2 ; 1970 GY 1 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(2280) Kunikov ( 1971 SL 2 ; 1970 GY 1 ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on September 26, 1971 by the Russian astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
designation
(2280) Kunikov was named after the Soviet Caesar Lvovich Kunikov (1909-1943), an officer in the Russian Marines in World War II , under whose leadership Malaya Zemlya was recaptured as part of the North Caucasian Operation . He was fatally wounded in Gelendzhik .
Web links
- (2280) Kunikov in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2280) Kunikov 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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 4, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Tzezar 'L 'vovich Kunikov (1909–1943) ”