(2701) Kherson

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Asteroid
(2701) Kherson
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.1816 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1319 ± 0.00003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7621 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.6011 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.2862 ± 0.0486 °
Length of the ascending node 13.6265 ± 0.3373 °
Argument of the periapsis 292.6647 ± 0.3834 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 3rd September 2017
Sidereal period 5.68 a ± 0.187 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 14.829 ± 0.318 km
Albedo 0.080 ± 0.012
Absolute brightness 12.6 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery September 1, 1978
Another name 1978 RT ; 1976 GG 1
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(2701) Cherson ( 1978 RT ; 1976 GG 1 ) is an approximately 15 km large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on September 1, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the peninsula Crimea ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2701) Kherson was named after the Ukrainian seaport - city ​​of Kherson .

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 7, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 RT. Discovered 1978 Sept. 1 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2700) Baikonur numbering (2702) Batrakov