(6777) Balakirev
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Asteroid (6777) Balakirev |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1713 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2258 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4552 AU - 3.8874 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6996 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 126.3552 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 272.6400 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.65 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.70 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 26, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 SV 1 , 1984 YP 5 , 1991 CR 3 |
| 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. | |
(6777) Balakirev is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 September 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 809).
The asteroid was named after the Russian composer , pianist and conductor Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew (1837–1910), next to Michail Glinka one of the pioneers of national Russian music.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Balakirev: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Balakirev in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6777) Balakirev in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).