(7980) Senkevich
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Asteroid (7980) Senkevich |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8171 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0822 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5855 AU - 3.0487 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.6376 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 2.7014 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 358.4571 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.73 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.74 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 10.48 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | 3rd October 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 TD 2 |
| 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. | |
(7980) Senkevich is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on October 3, 1978 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named on June 24, 2002 after the Soviet - Russian doctor , television presenter and author Yuri Alexandrowitsch Senkewitsch (1937-2003), who took part in three of Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions and did a variety of scientific papers on the physiology and psychology of humans under extreme conditions , for example in space.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Senkevich: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Senkevich in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7980) Senkevich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).