(2700) Baikonur

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Asteroid
(2700) Baikonur
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
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 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 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.

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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 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
(2699) Kalinin numbering (2701) Kherson