(2969) Mikula

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Asteroid
(2969) Mikula
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8447 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.029 ± 0.00003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7622 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.9272 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.8798 ± 0.037 °
Length of the ascending node 181.3173 ± 0.0001 °
Argument of the periapsis 106.1119 ± 0.0001 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 17th December 2020
Sidereal period 4.8 a ± 0.1233 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 8.287 ± 0.135 km
Albedo 0.226 ± 0.035
Absolute brightness 12.6 mag
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union/ Nikolai Stepanowitsch TschernychRussia Soviet Federal Socialist RepublicRussian SFSR 
Date of discovery 5th September 1978
Another name 1978 RU 1 ; 1976 GB; 1981 FC
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(2969) Mikula ( 1978 RU 1 ; 1976 GB ; 1981 FC ) is an approximately eight kilometers large asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on September 5, 1978 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj ) was discovered on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095). It belongs to the Koronis family , a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

designation

(2969) Mikula was named after Mikula Seljaninowitsch , a Russian hero figure.

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Web links

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 RU1. Discovered 1978 Sept. 5 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2968) Iliya numbering (2970) Pestalozzi