(8806) Fetisov

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Asteroid
(8806) Fetisov
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8088  AU
eccentricity 0.1294
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4453 AU - 3.1722 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.7330 °
Length of the ascending node 198.8774 °
Argument of the periapsis 217.1986 °
Sidereal period 4.71 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.78 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer Nikolai Tschernych
Date of discovery October 22, 1981
Another name 1981 UU 1 , 1976 SP 8 , 1981 WF, 1990 TC 5
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(8806) Fetisov is an asteroid of the main middle belt , which was discovered by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Tschernych on October 22, 1982 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095). An unconfirmed sighting with the provisional designation 1976 SP 8 had already taken place at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj on September 28, 1976.

Mean distance from the Sun ( major semiaxis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of (8806) Fetisov roughly correspond to the Dora family, a group of asteroids named after (668) Dora .

(8806) Fetisov was named after the Russian ice hockey player Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Fetissov on July 26, 2000 , two years before he was appointed Minister of Sport of Russia .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Observations by (8806) Fetisov on minorplanetcenter.net (English)