(3636) Pajdušáková

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Asteroid
(3636) Pajdušáková
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 31, 2020 ( JD 2,459,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.276  AU
eccentricity 0.176
Perihelion - aphelion 1.875 AU - 2.678 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.1 °
Length of the ascending node 27 °
Argument of the periapsis 94 °
Time of passage of the perihelion March 9, 2021
Sidereal period 3.43 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.6 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter (4.1 ± 0.2) km
Albedo 0.36
Absolute brightness 13.9 likes
Spectral class
(according to SMASSII)
S.
history
Explorer Antonin Mrkos
Date of discovery 17th October 1982
Another name 1982 UJ 2 , 1973 AB 4 , 1980 DU 2
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(3636) Pajdušáková is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 1982 by the Slovak astronomer A. Mrkos at the Kleť observatory near the city of Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic at a brightness of 17 mag. The asteroid was subsequently detected on recordings made in July 1954 at the Palomar Observatory in California and in 1973 and 1980 at other observatories.

The asteroid is named after the Slovak astronomer Ludmila Pajdušáková (1916–1979), whose specialty was solar astronomy. From 1956 to 1979 she headed the Skalnaté Pleso observatory in Slovakia and discovered several comets .

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Individual evidence

  1. (3636) Pajdušáková at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)