(6355) Univermoscow

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Asteroid
(6355) Univermoscow
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main outer belt asteroid
Asteroid family Univermoscow family
Major semi-axis 3.2023  AU
eccentricity 0.0785
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9509 AU - 3.4537 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 22.3975 °
Length of the ascending node 24.0736 °
Argument of the periapsis 234.7810 °
Sidereal period 5.73 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.65 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 28.38 km (± 1.9)
Albedo 0.0663 (± 0.010)
Absolute brightness 11.4 mag
history
Explorer Lyudmila Chernych
Date of discovery 15th October 1969
Another name 1969 TX 5 , 1981 UE 21 , 1981 WP 7 , 1986 TT 1
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.

(6355) Univermoscow is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered by the Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Tschernych on October 15, 1969 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The mean diameter of the asteroid was determined to be 28.38 (± 1.9) km. It has a dark surface with an albedo of 0.066.

(6355) Univermoscow is the namesake of an asteroid family. What the members of this family have in common is that the solar orbit of the asteroids is inclined at more than 20 ° relative to the ecliptic of the solar system . The Univermoscow family includes, for example, the asteroids (51116) 2000 HQ 31 , (84404) 2002 TB 181 , (86141) 1999 RD 184 , (99892) 2002 QL , (117752) 2005 GS 50 , (138705) 2000 SU 90 , (167669) 2004 EU 84 , (201408) 2002 VL 118 , (203284) 2001 RY 146 , (247018) 1999 XE 48 , (278411) 2007 RX 42 and (300174) 2006 WM 11 .

(6355) Univermoscow was named on March 6, 2004 after Moscow's Lomonosov University , also called Moscow State University, the largest university in Russia .

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Individual evidence

  1. Family membership of (6355) Univermoscow in the AstDyS-2 database (English)