(2916) Voronveliya
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Asteroid (2916) Voronveliya |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.235 ± 0.00001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0981 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0157 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.4543 ± 0.00001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5959 ± 0.0354 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 310.9918 ± 0.6206 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 244.6231 ± 0.6398 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 3rd November 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.34 a ± 0.0556 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.940 ± 0.035 km |
| Albedo | 0.318 ± 0.072 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
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| Date of discovery | August 8, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 PW 2 ; 1940 AF; 1967 EK; 1977 FC; 1978 RW 2 ; 1979 YE 8 ; 1980 BE 4 |
| 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. | |
(2916) Voronveliya ( 1978 PW 2 ; 1940 AF ; 1967 EK ; 1977 FC ; 1978 RW 2 ; 1979 YE 8 ; 1980 BE 4 ) is an approximately five-kilometer asteroid of the main inner belt that was removed on August 8, 1978 by the Russian ( then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).
designation
(2916) Voronveliya was named after the Russian-Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist Boris Alexandrowitsch Voronzow-Veljaminow (1904-1994), who worked for years at the Sternberg Institute for Astronomy . His scientific work covered many subjects including comets , variable stars , galaxies , nebulae, and the history of astronomy . He was known as the author of textbooks and other books on astronomy.
See also
Web links
- (2916) Voronveliya in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2916) Voronveliya 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 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 PW 2 . Discovered 1978 Aug. 8 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2915) Moskvina | numbering | (2917) Sawyer Hogg |