(2783) Chernyshevsky

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Asteroid
(2783) Chernyshevsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5603  AU
eccentricity 0.1654
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1368 AU - 2.9839 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.7807 °
Length of the ascending node 198.3114 °
Argument of the periapsis 170.3787 °
Sidereal period 4.10 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 9.455 h
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery September 14, 1974
Another name 1974 RA 2 , 1970 RJ, 1978 PH 2 , 1978 SZ 3
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(2783) Chernyshevskij is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 14, 1974 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nauchnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Russian writer , publicist , literary critic and revolutionary Nikolai Gavrilowitsch Tschernyshevsky (1828–1889), who featured in his novel What to do? draws the prototype of the perfect socialist man.

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