(2498) Tsesevich

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Asteroid
(2498) Tsesevich
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.9177 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.0843 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6717 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.1637 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.2348 ± 0.0495 °
Length of the ascending node 331.7013 ± 0.0002 °
Argument of the periapsis 3.0432 ± 0.0002 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 8, 2017
Sidereal period 4.98 a ± 0.146 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.294 ± 0.194 km
Albedo 0.289 ± 0.035
Rotation period 2.864 h
Absolute brightness 11.8 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery 23rd August 1977
Another name 1977 QM 3 ; 1972 RE 3 ; 1975 EA 1 ; 1977 RP 3
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(2498) Tsesevich ( 1977 QM 3 ; 1972 RE 3 ; 1975 EA 1 ; 1977 RP 3 ) is an approximately eleven kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on August 23, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych on Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered. It belongs to the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

designation

(2498) Tsesevich was named after the Russian astronomer Wladimir Platonowitsch Zessewitsch (1907-1983) who was the director of the Odeska Astronomitschna Obserwatorija (Odessa observatory, IAU code 086). He studied the brightness of the asteroid (433) Eros and wrote a manual for amateur astronomers .

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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 14, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 QM 3 . Discovered 1977 Aug. 23 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2497) Kulikovsky numbering (2499) Brunk