(3945) Gerasimenko
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Asteroid (3945) Gerasimenko |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1171 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2704 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2741 AU - 3.9601 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.8342 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 9.4836 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 333.3170 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.50 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.87 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 21.18 km |
| Albedo | 0.0395 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | August 14, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 PL , 1971 TD 2 , 1980 FM 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. | |
(3945) Gerasimenko is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on August 14, 1982 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj . The first sightings of the asteroid had already been made on July 31, 1954 at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675).
(3945) Gerasimenko was named in 1995 after the Soviet astronomer Swetlana Gerassimenko (* 1945) who discovered comet 67P in 1969 together with the astronomer Klym Tschuryumow .
See also
Web links
- (3945) Gerasimenko in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (3945) Gerasimenko in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (3945) Gerasimenko according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (3945) Gerasimenko at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)