(2647) Sova

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Asteroid
(2647) Sova
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2436 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1376 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9349 ± 0.00001 AU - 2.5522 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.9362 ± 0.0354 °
Length of the ascending node 290.5946 ± 0.7121 °
Argument of the periapsis 122.2670 ± 0.0729 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 24, 2018
Sidereal period 3.36 a ± 0.056 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.635 ± 0.044 km
Albedo 0.303 ± 0.056
Rotation period 9.366 h
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Zdeňka Vávrová
Date of discovery September 29, 1980
Another name 1980 SP ; 1950 toilet; 1953 RO; 1970 RO; 1975 EC; 1977 XE; 1982 FF 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.

(2647) Sova ( 1980 SP ; 1950 WC ; 1953 RO ; 1970 RO ; 1975 EC ; 1977 XE ; 1982 FF 1 ) is an approximately eight kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was destroyed by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová was discovered at the Kleť observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).

designation

(2647) Sova was named after the Czech poet Antonín Sova (1864–1928), who wrote about the southern part of Bohemia in his works .

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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 September 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 SP. Discovered 1980 Sept. 29 by Z. Vávrová at Kleť. ”
predecessor asteroid successor
(2646) Abetti numbering (2648) Owa