(2400) Derevskaya

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Asteroid
(2400) Derevskaya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0026 ± 0.000003  AU
eccentricity 0.1017 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6974 ± 0.001 AU - 3.3079 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.4011 ± 0.0409 °
Length of the ascending node 171.7345 ± 0.2115 °
Argument of the periapsis 137.0841 ± 0.301 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 29, 2019
Sidereal period 5.2 a ± 0.16 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 13.614 ± 2.071 km
Albedo 0.166 ± 0.068
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery 17th May 1972
Another name 1972 KJ ; 1978 QX 1
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(2400) Derevskaya ( 1972 KJ ; 1978 QX 1 ) is an approximately 13-kilometer asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on May 17, 1972 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered. It belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .

designation

(2400) Derevskaya was named after Alexandra Avramovna Derewskaja (1902-1959), who raised 48 orphans of different nationalities and was awarded the title " Mother Heroine ".

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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 6, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1972 KJ. Discovered 1972 May 17 by TM Smirnova at Nauchnyj. "