(6955) Ekaterina
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Asteroid (6955) Ekaterina |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1148 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1676 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5927 AU - 3.6369 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9526 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 31.7247 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 320.1071 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.50 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.89 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 16.049 (± 0.060) km |
| Albedo | 0.081 (± 0.019) |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | L. Shuravlowa |
| Date of discovery | September 25, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 SP 15 , 1948 QD, 1976 SC 5 , 1989 BK 1 , 1992 PU 4 , 1994 AZ |
| 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. | |
(6955) Ekaterina is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on September 25, 1987 by the Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
It was named after the Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great (1729–1796), who came to power on July 9, 1972 through a coup against her husband Peter III and was a representative of enlightened absolutism .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (6955) Ekaterina in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- Asteroid Ekaterina: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (6955) Ekaterina in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (6955) Ekaterina in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).