(3787) Aivazovsky

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Asteroid
(3787) Aivazovskij
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8532  AU
eccentricity 0.1300
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4822 AU - 3.2241 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.0530 °
Length of the ascending node 185.8876 °
Argument of the periapsis 305.3943 °
Sidereal period 4.82 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.64 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 12 km
Rotation period 2.97 h
Absolute brightness 11.5 likes
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery September 11, 1977
Another name 1977 RG 7 , 1931 DM, 1967 RO, 1987 WP 3
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(3787) Aivazovskij is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 11, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Russian marine painter Iwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwasowski (1817–1900).

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