(2568) Maksutov
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Asteroid (2568) Maksutov |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2053 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1879 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7909 AU - 2.6198 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.0321 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 87.5423 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 195.0959 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.28 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.05 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.644 ± 0.024 km |
| Albedo | 0.486 |
| Rotation period | 7.5930 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Zdeňka Vávrová |
| Date of discovery | April 13, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 GH , 1951 PC, 1954 KD, 1981 WN 1 |
| 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. | |
(2568) Maksutov is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 13, 1980 by the Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová at the Kleť observatory ( observatory code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov in southern Bohemia .
The asteroid was named in 1983 after the Russian optician Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Maksutow (1896–1964), who invented the Maksutov telescope named after him and from 1930 organized the Laboratory for Astronomical Optics.
See also
Web links
- (2568) Maksutov: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (2568) Maksutov in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2568) Maksutov in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).