(4366) Venikagan
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Asteroid (4366) Venikagan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1603 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.713 AU - 3.607 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.73 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 38.7 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.62 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 30.61 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| Spectral class | 0.0273 |
| history | |
| Explorer | Lyudmyla Shuravlowa |
| Date of discovery | December 24, 1979 |
| Another name | 1988 YV 8 |
| 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. | |
(4366) Venikagan is a main belt asteroid discovered by Lyudmyla Shuravlowa on December 24, 1979 at the Crimean Observatory .
The asteroid was named after the Soviet mathematician Weniamin Fjodorowitsch Kagan (1869-1953).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (4366) Venikagan at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
Web links
- (4366) Venikagan in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .