(8985) Tula

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Asteroid
(8985) Tula
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2554  AU
eccentricity 0.2010
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8022 AU - 2.7087 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.0825 °
Length of the ascending node 279.4724 °
Argument of the periapsis 23.5319 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 16th February 2019
Sidereal period 3.39 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.83 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 3.266 (± 0.147) km
Albedo 0.379 (± 0.047)
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer Nikolai Tschernych , Lyudmila Tschernych
Date of discovery August 9, 1978
Another name 1978 PV 3 , 1995 QQ 2
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(8985) Tula is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered by the Soviet astronomer couple Nikolai and Lyudmila Tschernych on August 9, 1978 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

Mean solar distance ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid are similar to the orbital data of the members of the Flora family, a large group of asteroids named after (8) Flora . Asteroids of this family move in a 4: 9 orbital resonance with the planet Mars around the sun . The group is also called the Ariadne family, after the asteroid (43) Ariadne .

(8985) Tula was named after the Russian city of Tula on March 28, 2002 .

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