(2574) Ladoga

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Asteroid
(2574) Ladoga
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8495  AU
eccentricity 0.0735
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6400 AU - 3.0591 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1089 °
Length of the ascending node 22.2144 °
Argument of the periapsis 308.3633 °
Sidereal period 4.81 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.63 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.260 ± 1.899 km
Albedo 0.353
Rotation period 27.240 h
Absolute brightness 11.8 mag
history
Explorer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Date of discovery October 22, 1968
Another name 1968 UP , 1949 XA, 1956 EM, 1976 KT, 1976 ML, 1977 RG 3 , 1977 TJ 2
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.

(2574) Ladoga is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 October 1968 by the Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) in the Ukraine was discovered.

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

(2574) Ladoga was named after Lake Ladoga , the largest lake in Europe , located in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (2574) Ladoga in the AstDyS-2 database (English)