(4918) Rostropovich
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Asteroid (4918) Rostropovich |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6394 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2335 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0231 AU - 3.2557 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.7688 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 205.3387 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 195.6663 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.29 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.33 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.93 km |
| Albedo | 0.0651 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | LI Chernych |
| Date of discovery | August 24, 1974 |
| Another name | 1974 QU 1 , 1983 YC |
| 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. | |
(4918) Rostropovich is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered on August 24, 1974 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the Russian cellist , conductor , pianist , composer and humanist Mstislaw Leopoldowitsch Rostropowitsch (1927–2007), who is considered one of the most important cellists in history.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rostropovich: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Rostropovich in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4918) Rostropovich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).