(4426) Roerich

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Asteroid
(4426) Roerich
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Agnia family
Major semi-axis 2.752  AU
eccentricity 0.069
Perihelion - aphelion 2.562 AU - 2.941 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.09 °
Length of the ascending node 237.05 °
Sidereal period 4.56 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 11 km
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: L
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery 15th October 1969
Another name 1969 TB 6 , 1936 LD, 1972 GF
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(4426) Roerich is a main belt asteroid discovered by Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych on October 15, 1969 from the Crimean Observatory .

The asteroid was named after the Russian Roerich family.

Individual evidence

  1. (4426) Roerich at minorplanetcenter.org

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