(2579) Spartacus

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Asteroid
(2579) Spartacus
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2102 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0749 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0448 ± 0.0001 AU - 2.3756 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.776 ± 0.0425 °
Length of the ascending node 280.9451 ± 0.3874 °
Argument of the periapsis 334.1228 ± 0.4662 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 13th September 2019
Sidereal period 3.29 a ± 0.0597 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.604 ± 0.369 km
Albedo 0.526 ± 0.102
Rotation period 3.63599 h
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: V
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery August 14, 1977
Another name 1977 PA 2 ; 1934 NG 1 ; 1974 SE 4
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(2579) Spartacus ( 1977 PA 2 ; 1934 NG 1 ; 1974 SE 4 ) is an approximately five kilometers large asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on August 14, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2579) Spartacus was named after Spartacus , the leader of the Third Slave War .

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): “1977 PA 2 . Discovered 1977 Aug. 14 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2578) Saint-Exupery numbering (2580) Smilevskia