(29490) Myslbek

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Asteroid
(29490) Myslbek
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3418  AU
eccentricity 0.0705
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1768 AU - 2.5068 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.9915 °
Length of the ascending node 9.0610 °
Argument of the periapsis 29.9667 °
Sidereal period 3.58 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.46 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Petr Pravec
Date of discovery November 19, 1997
Another name 1997 WX
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(29490) Myslbek is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 19, 1997 by the Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) in the Czech Republic.

The asteroid was named on September 10, 2003 after the Czech sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek (1848–1922), whose equestrian statue of the Czech national saint Saint Wenceslas was erected on Wenceslas Square in Prague in 1912 after 30 years of work .

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