(4802) Khatchaturian
Asteroid (4802) Khatchaturian |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2185 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2109 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7506 AU - 2.6864 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.7443 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.30 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.99 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
Date of discovery | October 23, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 UA 7 , 1949 OW, 1979 SH 11 , 1979 TB 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. |
(4802) Khatchaturian is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 23, 1989 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid was named in 1991 after the Armenian composer Aram Khatchaturian (1903–1978).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Khatchaturian: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Khatchaturian in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4802) Khatchaturian in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).