(2446) Lunacharsky

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Asteroid
(2446) Lunacharsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3549 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1613 ± 0.00003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9751 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.7348 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.3109 ± 0.0421 °
Length of the ascending node 22.0847 ± 0.6134 °
Argument of the periapsis 251.4647 ± 0.6283 °
Time of passage of the perihelion December 16, 2017
Sidereal period 3.61 a ± 0.0703 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 12.954 ± 0.120 km
Albedo 0.079 ± 0.008
Rotation period 3.613 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
Spectral class SMASS: B
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery October 14, 1971
Another name 1971 TS 2 ; 1960 RB; 1970 FB; 1973 AU 3 ; 1975 XN 1 ; 1977 DE 3
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(2446) Lunacharsky ( 1971 TS 2 ; 1960 RB ; 1970 FB ; 1973 AU 3 ; 1975 XN 1 ; 1977 DE 3 ) is an approximately 13-kilometer asteroid of the inner main belt that was destroyed on October 14, 1971 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2446) Lunacharsky was named after the Soviet politician and author Anatoli Wassiljewitsch Lunacharsky (1875–1933).

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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 12, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1971 TS 2 . Discovered 1971 Oct. 14 by LI Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "