(2576) Yesenin

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Asteroid
(2576) Yesenin
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.0923 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1267 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7005 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.4842 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.136 ± 0.0454 °
Length of the ascending node 311.133 ± 0.2092 °
Argument of the periapsis 5.7974 ± 0.2728 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 18th November 2017
Sidereal period 5.44 a ± 0.1755 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 27.887 ± 0.178 km
Albedo 0.073 ± 0.009
Rotation period 271.974 h
Absolute brightness 11.3 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union/ Lyudmyla ShuravlowaUkraine Soviet Socialist RepublicUkrainian SSR 
Date of discovery 17th August 1974
Another name 1974 QL ; 1957 LC; 1957 MJ; 1966 BQ; 1969 RC 2
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(2576) Yesenin ( 1974 QL ; 1957 LC ; 1957 MJ ; 1966 BQ ; 1969 RC 2 ) is an approximately 28 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on August 17, 1974 by the Ukrainian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa on Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2576) Yesenin was named after the Soviet-Russian poet Sergei Alexandrowitsch Jessenin (1895–1925).

See also

Web links

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 23 August 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1974 QL. Discovered 1974 Aug. 17 by LV Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2572) Ann numbering (2573) Hannu Olavi