(2552) Remek
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Asteroid (2552) Remek |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1464 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1890 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7407 AU - 2.5521 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9017 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 343.4721 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 343.8693 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.14 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.32 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 SP , 1975 TV 4 , 1975 VZ 9 |
| 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. | |
(2552) Remek is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1978 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť observatory ( observatory code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov in South Bohemia .
The asteroid was named after the former Czech spaceman Vladimír Remek (* 1948), who is a member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic.
See also
Web links
- (2552) Remek: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (2552) Remek in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2552) Remek in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).