(4366) Venikagan

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Asteroid
(4366) Venikagan
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
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(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

  1. (4366) Venikagan at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)

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