(4790) Petrpravec

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Asteroid
(4790) Petrpravec
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6254  AU
eccentricity 0.0859
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3999 AU - 2.8510 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.7251 °
Length of the ascending node 131.5215 °
Argument of the periapsis 85.4622 °
Sidereal period 4.25 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.37 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 17.62 ± 1.5 km
Albedo 0.1084
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer Eleanor Helin
Date of discovery August 9, 1988
Another name 1988 PP , 1978 EA 1
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(4790) Petrpravec is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from August 9, 1988 astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the Czech astronomer Petr Pravec (* 1967).

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