(2968) Iliya

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Asteroid
(2968) Iliya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3666 ± 0.00001  AU
eccentricity 0.3112 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.6302 ± 0.001 AU - 3.1029 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.1553 ± 0.0452 °
Length of the ascending node 274.3029 ± 0.2507 °
Argument of the periapsis 34.2963 ± 0.2578 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 12, 2018
Sidereal period 3.64 a ± 0.0669 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.456 ± 0.961 km
Albedo 0.129 ± 0.083
Absolute brightness 14.9 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union/ Nikolai Stepanowitsch TschernychRussia Soviet Federal Socialist RepublicRussian SFSR 
Date of discovery August 31, 1978
Another name 1978 QJ ; 1981 EZ 3
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(2968) Iliya ( 1978 QJ ; 1981 EZ 3 ) is an approximately four-kilometer asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on August 31, 1978 by the Russian (then Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the peninsula Crimea ( IAU code 095) was discovered.

designation

(2968) Iliya was named after Ilya Muromets , a heroic figure of the Kiev Round Table from a well-known Russian Bylina (hero song).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 27, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 QJ. Discovered 1978 Aug. 31 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2967) Vladisvyat numbering (2969) Mikula