(2637) Bobrovnikoff

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Asteroid
(2637) Bobrovnikoff
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2547 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.2350 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7249 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.7845 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.9316 ± 0.0449 °
Length of the ascending node 356.1145 ± 0.0431 °
Argument of the periapsis 343.6256 ± 0.4364 °
Time of passage of the perihelion October 29, 2017
Sidereal period 3.39 a ± 0.061 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.215 ± 0.105 km
Albedo 0.316 ± 0.061
Rotation period 4.7939 h
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer German EmpireGerman Empire Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery September 22, 1919
Another name A919 SB ; 1953 TL; 1963 RB; 1976 JB 7 ; 1980 TN 3
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(2637) Bobrovnikoff ( A919 SB ; 1953 TL ; 1963 RB ; 1976 JB 7 ; 1980 TN 3 ) is an approximately six kilometers large asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on September 22, 1919 by the German (then: Weimar Republic ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was discovered at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).

designation

(2637) Bobrovnikoff was named after Nicholas Theodore Bobrovnikoff , a director of the Perkins Observatory . The appointment was by astronomer Brian Marsden of the United Kingdom proposed.

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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 September 1, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “A919 SB. Discovered 1919 Sept. 22 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2636) Lassell numbering (2638) gadolin