(2692) Chkalov

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Asteroid
(2692) Chkalov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.5827 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.181 ± 0.0001
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1152 ± 0.001 AU - 3.0502 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.2892 ± 0.0446 °
Length of the ascending node 236.3811 ± 0.2334 °
Argument of the periapsis 299.1083 ± 0.2574 °
Time of passage of the perihelion March 10, 2019
Sidereal period 4.15 a ± 0.095 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 15.993 ± 0.196 km
Albedo 0.144 ± 0.015
Rotation period 6.11 h
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych
Date of discovery December 16, 1976
Another name 1976 YT 3 ; 1951 YN; 1955 XH; 1957 HA; 1961 GJ; 1978 NY 3 ; 1982 HL 1
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(2692) Chkalov ( 1976 YT 3 ; 1951 YN ; 1955 XH ; 1957 HA ; 1961 GJ ; 1978 NY 3 ; 1982 HL 1 ) is an asteroid about 16 kilometers in size of the main central belt that was destroyed on December 16, 1976 by the Russian ( then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych was discovered at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2692) Chkalov was named after the Soviet pilot Valeri Pawlowitsch Tschkalow (1904–1938), who carried out the first flight on the north polar route in 1937 .

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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 pages, link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 YT 3 . Discovered 1976 Dec. 16 by LI Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2691) Sersic numbering (2693) Yan'an