(2492) Kutuzov
Asteroid (2492) Kutuzov |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1982 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1401 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7502 AU - 3.6462 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8276 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 20.6780 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 267.4933 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.72 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.68 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 23.39 ± 3.8 km |
Albedo | 0.0975 |
Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer | NS Tschernych |
Date of discovery | July 14, 1977 |
Another name | 1977 NT , 1937 JK, 1937 KE, 1948 JF, 1955 RT, 1955 SC 1 , 1959 GD, 1970 FA, 1977 TS |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(2492) Kutuzov is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 14, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
(2492) Kutuzov was named after Field Marshal General of the Russian Army Mikhail Illarionowitsch Kutusow (1745-1813), who is considered a hero of the Patriotic War against Napoleon Bonaparte in Russia .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (2492) Kutuzov in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
Web links
- Asteroid Kutuzov: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2492) Kutuzov in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2492) Kutuzov in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).