(2703) Rodari

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Asteroid
(2703) Rodari
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.1932 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0570 ± 0.0006
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0682 ± 0.0001 AU - 2.3183 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.0315 ± 0.006 °
Length of the ascending node 49.4304 ± 0.3743 °
Argument of the periapsis 170.7472 ± 0.5185 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 18th May 2018
Sidereal period 3.25 a ± 0.0563 d
Physical Properties
Rotation period 5.5 h
Absolute brightness 13.5 likes
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery March 29, 1979
Another name 1979 FT 2 ; 1976 MN; 1979 GU
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(2703) Rodari ( 1979 FT 2 ; 1976 MN ; 1979 GU ) is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on March 29, 1979 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

(2703) Rodari was named after the Italian writer and children's book author Gianni Rodari (1920–1980).

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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 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 7, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 FT 2 . Discovered 1979 Mar. 29 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2702) Batrakov numbering (2704) Julian Loewe