(3608) Kataev
Asteroid (3608) Kataev |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.3844 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1433 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8994 AU - 3.8693 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.0200 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 78.6121 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 236.6077 ° |
Sidereal period | 6.23 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.20 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 11.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | LI Chernych |
Date of discovery | September 27, 1978 |
Another name | 1978 SD 1 , 1966 UO, 1977 LB 1 |
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. |
(3608) Kataev is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on September 27, 1978 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Nautschnyj branch of the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid was named after the Soviet playwright and novelist Valentin Petrovich Katajew (1897–1986), who made his empathy and literary experimentation one of the most internationally respected Soviet writers.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kataev: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3608) Kataev in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3608) Kataev in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).