(2520) Novorossiysk

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Asteroid
(2520) Novorossiysk
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
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
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(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 .

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