(26639) Murgaš
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Asteroid (26639) Murgaš |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3595 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1626 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9757 AU - 2.7432 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.5839 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.62 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.38 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Peter Kušnirák |
| Date of discovery | May 5, 2000 |
| Another name | 2000 JB 7 , 1979 OM 10 |
| 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. | |
(26639) Murgaš is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on May 5, 2000 by the Slovak astronomer Peter Kušnirák at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) in the Czech Republic .
The asteroid was named after the Slovak painter , inventor and pioneer of radio telegraphy Jozef Murgaš (1864–1929), whose greatest success was the first successful wireless transmission of voice in 1905.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Murgaš: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (26639) Murgaš in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (26639) Murgaš in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).