(2726) Kotelnikov

Asteroid (2726) Kotelnikov
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Koronis family
Major semi-axis	2.8616 AU
eccentricity	0.0736
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6510 AU - 3.0722 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.5590 °
Length of the ascending node	355.7273 °
Argument of the periapsis	48.3540 °
Sidereal period	4.84 a
Mean orbital velocity	17.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	approx. 11 km
Rotation period	4.9075 h
Absolute brightness	12.2 mag
history
Explorer	NS Tschernych
Date of discovery	22nd September 1979
Another name	1979 SE ₉ , 1952 BR ₁ , 1955 UK ₁ , 1969 RC ₁ , 1972 GJ ₁ , 1974 SH ₁ , 1974 TN, A906 QE
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(2726) Kotelnikov is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 22, 1979 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

(2726) Kotelnikov was named after the Soviet electrical engineer Vladimir Alexandrowitsch Kotelnikow (1908–2005) who published the WKS sampling theorem for the first time in 1933, and who is now considered the nestor of Russian communication technology.

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