(2672) Písek

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Asteroid
(2672) Písek
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.6139 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1484 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2261 ± 0.0001 AU - 3.0017 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.139 ± 0.0373 °
Length of the ascending node 129.0036 ± 0.1792 °
Argument of the periapsis 152.4724 ± 0.2225 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 12th September 2017
Sidereal period 4.23 a ± 0.106 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 22.624 ± 0.786 km
Albedo 0.045 ± 0.008
Absolute brightness 12.4 mag
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jaroslav Květoň
Date of discovery May 31, 1979
Another name 1979 KC ; 1937 NP; 1953 EJ 1 ; 1953 ET 1 ; 1978 EF 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.

(2672) Písek ( 1979 KC ; 1937 NP ; 1953 EJ 1 ; 1953 ET 1 ; 1978 EF 1 ) is an approximately 23 kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on May 31, 1979 by the Slovak (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Jaroslav Květoň was discovered at the Kleť observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046). It belongs to the Eonomia family, a group of asteroids named after (15) Eunomia .

designation

(2672) Písek was named after the town of Písek in the Okres Písek in Jihočeský kraj in the Czech Republic .

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 September 3, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 KC. Discovered 1979 May 31 by J. Květoň at Kleť. ”
predecessor asteroid successor
(2671) Abkhazia numbering (2673) Lossignol