(2766) Leeuwenhoek

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Asteroid
(2766) Leeuwenhoek
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Asteroid family Astraea family
Major semi-axis 2.5470 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1818 ± 0.0005
Perihelion - aphelion 2.084 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.0101 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.5397 ± 0.0435 °
Length of the ascending node 330.3495 ± 0.43 °
Argument of the periapsis 146.8526 ± 0.4445 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 23, 2018
Sidereal period 4.07 a ± 0.0845 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.145 ± 0.037 km
Albedo 0.385 ± 0.033
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Zdeňka Vávrová
Date of discovery March 23, 1982
Another name 1982 FE 1 ; 1941 BK; 1948 XH; 1980 TR 5
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(2766) Leeuwenhoek ( 1982 FE 1 ; 1941 BK ; 1948 XH ; 1980 TR 5 ) is an approximately seven kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on March 23, 1982 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová on the Kleť- Observatory on the Kleť near Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic ( IAU code 046).

designation

(2766) Leeuwenhoek was named after the Dutch naturalist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), who was the builder and user of light microscopes . The lunar crater Leeuwenhoek is also named after him.

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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 11, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 FE 1 . Discovered 1982 Mar. 23 by Z. Vávrová at Kleť. ”
predecessor asteroid successor
(2765) Dinant numbering (2767) Takenouchi