(2952) Lilliputia
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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 | 
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| Date of discovery | 22nd September 1979 | 
| Another name | 1979 SF 2 ; 1965 UL; 1974 HK 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. | |
(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 |