(4307) Cherepashchuk

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Asteroid
(4307) Cherepashchuck
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2,412  AU
eccentricity 0.078
Perihelion - aphelion 2.225 AU - 2.5996 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.18 °
Length of the ascending node 24.32 °
Sidereal period 3.75 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer TM Smirnova
Date of discovery October 26, 1976
Another name 1976 UK 2 , 1978 EO 6 , 1986 GY 2
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.

(4307) Cherepashchuck is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1976 by Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova from the Crimean Observatory .

The asteroid was named after the Soviet astrophysicist Anatolij Mikhajlovich Cherepashchuk .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003

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