(2293) Guernica

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Asteroid
(2293) Guernica
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1313 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1346 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7098 ± 0.0014 AU - 3.5528 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.5882 ± 0.057 °
Length of the ascending node 23.6405 ± 0.0004 °
Argument of the periapsis 132.2989 ± 0.0004 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 1, 2021
Sidereal period 5.54 a ± 0.1678 d
Physical Properties
Rotation period 6.414 h
Absolute brightness 11.2 mag
history
Explorer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery March 13, 1977
Another name 1977 EH 1 ; 1934 PO; 1938 EZ; 1943 EZ; 1949 FH; 1949 FK 1 ; 1949 FX; 1955 HT; 1965 AK; 1971 DX; 1976 AD; 1980 VT 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.

(2293) Guernica ( 1977 EH 1 ; 1934 PO ; 1938 EZ ; 1943 EZ ; 1949 FH ; 1949 FK 1 ; 1949 FX ; 1955 HT ; 1965 AK ; 1971 DX ; 1976 AD ; 1980 VT 1 ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on March 13, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2293) Guernica was named after the city of Gernika ( Spanish : Guernica y Luno ), which is located in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country in Spain and is a city of specific historical-political importance and a historical center of Basque culture.

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Individual evidence

  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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on July 29, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 EH1. Discovered 1977 Mar. 13 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "