2862 Vavilov
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2862 Vavilov
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1977 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2862 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1977 JP |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4549071 |
| Peri | 1.9462389 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1155763 |
| Orbital period | 1192.3454996 |
| Mean anomaly | 247.83999 |
| Inclination | 3.48090 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 225.92537 |
| Argument of peri | 278.06772 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.8 |
2862 Vavilov (1977 JP) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov and his physicist brother Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov.[1]
References
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.), New York: Springer Verlag, pp. 235, ISBN 3540002383, http://books.google.com/books?q=2862+Vavilov+QC2
- Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2006) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm
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