(2559) Svoboda

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Asteroid
(2559) Svoboda
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.7876 ± 0.00001  AU
eccentricity 0.1547 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3563 ± 0.001 AU - 3.2188 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.8865 ± 0.0673 °
Length of the ascending node 350.2239 ± 0.2526 °
Argument of the periapsis 87.9079 ± 0.3356 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 10, 2019
Sidereal period 4.65 a ± 0.1222 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 20.884 ± 0.085 km
Albedo 0.034 ± 0.004
Absolute brightness 12.4 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: Xk
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery October 23, 1981
Another name 1981 UH ; 1930 XJ; 1948 RF; 1976 SC 7
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(2559) Svoboda ( 1981 UH ; 1930 XJ ; 1948 RF ; 1976 SC 7 ) is about 21 kilometers in the asteroid of the average main belt , on 23 October 1981 by the Czech (then Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).

designation

(2559) Svoboda was named after Jindřich Svoboda (1884–1941), a professor of astronomy and geodesy at the Czech Technical University in Prague .

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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 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 UH. Discovered 1981 Oct. 23 by A. Mrkos at Kleť. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2558) Viv numbering (2560) Siegma