(24649) Balaclava

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Asteroid
(24649) Balaclava
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.1812  AU
eccentricity 0.2429
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4084 AU - 3.9540 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.2442 °
Sidereal period 5.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.70 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
L. I. Tschernych
Date of discovery September 19, 1985
Another name 1985 SG 3 , 1996 NT
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(24649) Balaklava is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 19, 1985 by the Russian astronomers Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych and Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the branch of the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .

The asteroid is named after the Ukrainian port city of Balaklava in the Crimea , which is now a district of Sevastopol .

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