(2952) Lilliputia
Asteroid (2952) Lilliputia |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.3132 ± 0.0001 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1715 ± 0.0003 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9165 ± 0.0006 AU - 2.7098 ± 0.0001 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.3183 ± 0.0453 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 323.2097 ± 0.0537 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 78.9247 ± 0.5545 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | September 14, 2018 |
Sidereal period | 3.52 a ± 0.0657 d |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 6.030 ± 1.351 km |
Albedo | 0.101 ± 0.055 |
Rotation period | ≈3.26 ± 0.978 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
Spectral class | SMASSII: Cb |
history | |
Explorer | / Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
Date of discovery | 22nd September 1979 |
Another name | 1979 SF 2 ; 1965 UL; 1974 HK 3 |
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(2952) Lilliputia ( 1979 SF 2 ; 1965 UL ; 1974 HK 3 ) is an approximately six kilometers large asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered on September 22, 1979 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (branch Nautschnyj) was discovered on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).
designation
(2952) Lilliputia was named after the fictional island Liliput from the novel Gulliver's Travels by the writer Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) from the Kingdom of Ireland . The name was chosen because the asteroid is one of the smallest discovered at the Crimean Observatory.
See also
Web links
- (2952) Lilliputia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2952) Lilliputia in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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 25, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 SF 2 . Discovered 1979 Sept. 22 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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(2951) Perepadin | numbering | (2953) Vysheslavia |