(2706) Borovský

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Asteroid
(2706) Borovský
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0188 ± 0.00002  AU
eccentricity 0.0364 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9089 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.1286 ± 0.00002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.8523 ± 0.0486 °
Length of the ascending node 50.8673 ± 0.2403 °
Argument of the periapsis 95.3253 ± 0.7715 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 12, 2018
Sidereal period 5.25 a ± 0.165 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 15.008 ± 0.210 km
Albedo 0.180 ± 0.034
Rotation period 63.846 h
Absolute brightness 11.8 mag
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Zdeňka Vávrová
Date of discovery November 11, 1980
Another name 1980 VW ; 1964 VS; 1975 VR 6
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(2706) Borovský ( 1980 VW ; 1964 VS ; 1975 VR 6 ) is an approximately 15-kilometer asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on November 11, 1980 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová at the Kleť observatory on the Kle was discovered near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046). It belongs to the Eos family , a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .

designation

(2706) Borovský was named after the Czech poet , prose writer , literary critic , translator , politician and journalist Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821-1856).

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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 8, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 VW. Discovered 1980 Nov. 11 by Z. Vávrová at Kleť. ”
predecessor asteroid successor
(2705) Wu numbering (2707) Ueferji