(2700) Baikonur
Asteroid (2700) Baikonur |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Outer main belt |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9079 ± 0.00001 AU |
eccentricity | 0.042 ± 0.00003 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7857 ± 0.001 AU - 3.0301 ± 0.0001 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4053 ± 0.0359 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 171.2640 ± 0.8868 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 276.8680 ± 0.9935 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | July 13, 2021 |
Sidereal period | 4.96 a ± 0.126 d |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 11.678 ± 0.207 km |
Albedo | 0.187 ± 0.026 |
Rotation period | 10.566 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
Date of discovery | 20th December 1976 |
Another name | 1976 YP 7 ; 1938 DU 1 ; 1951 XZ; 1973 FS 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. |
(2700) Baikonur ( 1976 YP 7 ; 1938 DU 1 ; 1951 XZ ; 1973 FS 1 ) is an approximately twelve kilometer large asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on December 20, 1976 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych in Crimea -Observatory ( Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095) was discovered. It belongs to the Koronis family , a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .
designation
(2700) Baikonur was named after the Baikonur Cosmodrome , a spaceport in present-day Kazakhstan north of the city of Baikonur . It is the first and currently largest spaceport in the world.
See also
Web links
- (2700) Baikonur in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2700) Baikonur in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 7, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 YP 7 . Discovered 1976 Dec. 20 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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(2699) Kalinin | numbering | (2701) Kherson |