(4429) Chinmoy
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Asteroid (4429) Chinmoy |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3805 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2127 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8741 AU - 2.8869 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.4632 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 327.1756 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 67.3450 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.67 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.29 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | September 12, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 RJ 2 , 1978 RN 1 , 1978 RR 4 , 1980 FP 2 , 1980 FX 6 , 1987 DL 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. | |
(4429) Chinmoy is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 12, 1978 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa (also called the Hertha family, after (135) Hertha ).
(4429) Chinmoy was named after the Bengali writer , poet and philosopher Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Springer , Lutz Schmandel, (page: 381): Dictionary of Minor Planets.Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Report on asteroids , 2015
- Harvard: Discovery Circumstances
- (4429) Chinmoy in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (4429) Chinmoy in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
