(35334) Yarkovsky

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Asteroid
(35334) Yarkovsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0206  AU
eccentricity 0.0365
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9103 AU - 3.1309 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.1726 °
Length of the ascending node 131.8414 °
Argument of the periapsis 304.3837 °
Sidereal period 5.25 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer Piero Sicoli
Francesco Manca
Date of discovery March 31, 1997
Another name 1997 FO 1 , 2000 VE 17
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(35334) Yarkovsky is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on March 31, 1997 by the Italian astronomers Piero Sicoli and Francesco Manca at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) near Sormano in the province of Como .

(35334) Yarkovsky was named on August 9, 2006 after the Russian-Polish civil engineer Iwan Ossipowitsch Jarkowski (1844–1902) who discovered the Jarkowski effect named after him around 1900 .

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