(2497) Kulikovsky

Asteroid (2497) Kulikovsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Middle main belt
Major semi-axis	2.5437 ± 0.0001 AU
eccentricity	0.2266 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion	1.9672 ± 0.001 AU - 3.1202 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	5.8261 ± 0.0385 °
Length of the ascending node	306.9437 ± 0.3986 °
Argument of the periapsis	345.9825 ± 0.4118 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	November 10, 2017
Sidereal period	4.06 a ± 0.1005 d
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.1 mag
history
Explorer	Soviet Union 1955 Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery	August 14, 1977
Another name	1977 PZ ₁ ; 1969 RX; 1973 QP ₁
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.

(2497) Kulikovskij ( 1977 PZ ₁ ; 1969 RX ; 1973 QP ₁ ) is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on August 14, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the peninsula Crimea ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2497) Kulikovskij was named after the Russian astronomer Pyotr Grigorjewitsch Kulikowski (1910-2003). As an assistant professor at Moscow's Lomonosov University , he is known as the author of a reference work for amateur astronomers and as a musician and composer .

^ 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 14, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 PZ ₁ . Discovered 1977 Aug. 14 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "

predecessor	asteroid	successor
(2496) Fernandus	numbering	(2498) Tsesevich