(2508) Alupka
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Asteroid (2508) Alupka |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3680 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1284 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0640 AU - 2.6719 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.0798 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 191.4971 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 119.2080 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.64 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.35 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 17.7 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: V |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | March 13, 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 ET 1 , 1956 RF, 1967 RP, 1978 RJ |
| 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. | |
(2508) Alupka is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on March 13, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid belongs to the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.
(2508) Alupka was named on November 8, 1984 after the small town Alupka on the south coast of the Crimean peninsula , which became known as a climatic health resort .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Alupka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2508) Alupka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2508) Alupka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (2508) Alupka in the AstDyS-2 database (English)