(2669) Shostakovich

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Asteroid
(2669) Shostakovich
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.7783 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.2205 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1656 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.3910 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.7913 ± 0.0556 °
Length of the ascending node 292.4007 ± 0.328 °
Argument of the periapsis 95.7888 ± 0.3576 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 4th March 2018
Sidereal period 4.63 a ± 0.1295 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 14.468 ± 1.738 km
Albedo 0.060 ± 0.015
Rotation period 4.914 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery December 16, 1976
Another name 1976 YQ 2 ; 1980 RW
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(2669) Shostakovich ( 1976 YQ 2 ; 1980 RW ) is an approximately 16 kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on December 16, 1976 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2669) Shostakovich was named after the Soviet composer , pianist and teacher Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Shostakovich (1906–1975).

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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 on September 3, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 YQ 2 . Discovered 1976 Dec. 16 by LI Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2668) Tataria numbering (2670) Chuvashia