(2520) Novorossiysk
Asteroid (2520) Novorossiysk |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1058 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0965 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8060 AU - 3.4056 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.2376 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 6.7664 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 315.9608 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.47 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.91 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 30 km |
Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer | NS Tschernych |
Date of discovery | August 26, 1976 |
Another name | 1976 QF 1 , 1971 UP 3 , 1979 DC |
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. |
(2520) Novorossiysk is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on August 26, 1976 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the port city of Novorossiysk , located in the Krasnodar region .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Novorossiysk: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2520) Novorossijsk in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2520) Novorossijsk in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).