(2900) Luboš Perek
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Asteroid (2900) Luboš Perek |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0248 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1021 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7159 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.3337 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.1491 ± 0.0562 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 17.4462 ± 0.2313 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 290.9714 ± 0.3851 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | November 10, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 5.26 a ± 0.1786 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 12.978 ± 0.103 km |
| Albedo | 0.219 ± 0.007 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Luboš Kohoutek
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| Date of discovery | January 14, 1972 |
| Another name | 1972 AR ; 1974 OZ; 1974 QF 3 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(2900) Luboš Perek ( 1972 AR ; 1974 OZ ; 1974 QF 3 ) is an approximately 13 km large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on January 14, 1972 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at the Hamburg observatory in Hamburg- Bergedorf ( IAU code 029) was discovered. It belongs to the Eos family , a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .
designation
(2900) Luboš Perek was named after the Czech-Czechoslovak astronomer Luboš Perek (* 1919). Known for his work on galactic dynamics and planetary nebulae , he worked at Purkyne University in Brno and from 1968 to 1975 as director of the Astronomical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague . Then he was head of the space department in the UN Secretariat . From 1967 to 1970 he was Secretary General of the International Astronomical Union and President of the International Astronautical Federation .
See also
Web links
- (2900) Luboš Perek in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2900) Luboš Perek in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1972 AR. Discovered 1972 Jan. 14 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2899) Runrun Shaw | numbering | (2901) Bagehot |