(2352) Kurchatov

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Asteroid
(2352) Kurchatov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.1087 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1093 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7688 ± 0.0016 AU - 3.4486 ± 0.00002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.8208 ± 0.0456 °
Length of the ascending node 232.0841 ± 0.1792 °
Argument of the periapsis 118.7194 ± 0.2559 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 25, 2018
Sidereal period 5.48 a ± 0.0178 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 30.069 ± 0.234 km
Albedo 0.037 ± 0.005
Rotation period 12 h
Absolute brightness 11.5 likes
history
Explorer Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery September 10, 1969
Another name 1969 RY ; 1953 XW; 1958 ™; 1975 VW
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(2352) Kurchatov ( 1969 RY ; 1953 XW ; 1958 TM ; 1975 VW ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was found on September 10, 1969 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) was discovered on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2352) Kurchatov was named after the Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Wassiljewitsch Kurchatow (1902–1960), after whom the Kurchatov Institute and a lunar crater are named.

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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 August 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 QA 3 . Discovered 1977 Aug. 22 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "