(2403) Sumava

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Asteroid
(2403) Šumava
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.5473 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1307 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2145 ± 0.0012 AU - 2.8802 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.3072 ± 0.044 °
Length of the ascending node 290.3761 ± 0.809 °
Argument of the periapsis 39.0418 ± 0.8398 °
Time of passage of the perihelion February 22, 2020
Sidereal period 4.07 a ± 0.0954 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 9.682 ± 0.051 km
Albedo 0.188 ± 0.026
Absolute brightness 12.3 mag
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery September 25, 1979
Another name 1979 SQ ; 1934 PZ; 1951 WD 1 ; 1963 TK 1 ; A918 RC
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(2403) Šumava ( 1979 SQ ; 1934 PZ ; 1951 WD 1 ; 1963 TK 1 ; A918 RC ) is an approximately ten kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on September 25, 1979 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Antonín Mrkos on Kleť Observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).

designation

(2403) Šumava was named after the Bohemian Forest (in Czech : Šumava ). The Blanský les with the Kleť, on which the Kleť observatory, where the asteroid was discovered, is located, belongs to the Bohemian Forest .

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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): “1979 SQ. Discovered 1979 Sept. 25 by A. Mrkos at Kleť. "