(5889) Mickiewicz

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Asteroid
(5889) Mickiewicz
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0446  AU
eccentricity 0.1593
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5596 AU - 3.5295 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 19.1794 °
Sidereal period 5.32 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.07 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 22.55 km (± 1.4)
Albedo 0.0726
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery March 31, 1979
Another name 1979 FA 3 , 1990 HJ 1
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(5889) Mickiewicz is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on March 31, 1979 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Polish poet and playwright Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), who is considered the national poet of Poland and the most important representative of Polish Romanticism .

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