(2302) Florya

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Asteroid
(2302) Florya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.6461 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1934 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1342 ± 0.0014 AU - 3.158 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.0703 ± 0.0554 °
Length of the ascending node 307.3991 ± 0.2360 °
Argument of the periapsis 69.9513 ± 0.2668 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 23 December 2019
Sidereal period 4.30 a ± 0.1205 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 10.591 ± 0.224 km
Albedo 0.329 ± 0.014
Rotation period 12 h
Absolute brightness 11.8 mag
history
Explorer Nikolai Efimowitsch Kurochkin
Date of discovery 2nd October 1972
Another name 1972 TL 2 ; 1935 BF; 1980 LF
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(2302) Florya ( 1972 TL 2 ; 1935 BF ; 1980 LF ) is an asteroid of the central main belt that was found on October 2, 1972 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Efimowitsch Kurotschkin at the Crimean Observatory ( Nautschnyj branch) on the peninsula Crimea ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2302) Florya was named after the Russian astronomer Nikolai Fjodorowitsch Florya (1912–1941) who worked at the Sternberg Institute for Astronomy and was known for his observations and research on variable stars .

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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 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1953 TG2. Discovered 1953 Oct. 10 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "