2606 Odessa

2606 Odessa
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Discovery date April 01, 1976
Designations
MPC designation 2606
Named after Odessa
Alternate name(s) 1976 GX2
Minor planet
category		 main belt [2]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Ap 3.482 AU
Peri 2.0518 AU
Semi-major axis 2.7669 AU
Eccentricity 0.258437
Orbital period 1681.08 days (4.60 years)
Mean anomaly 42.528°
Inclination 12.357°
Longitude of ascending node 197.63°
Argument of peri 351.658°
Physical characteristics
Rotation period 8.244 ± 0.002 hours [4]
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.3 [5]

2606 Odessa (1976 GX2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1976 by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.[1] This asteroid was named in honour of the black Sea port city of Odessa.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 
  2. ^ "2606 Odessa (1976 GX2)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2606+Odessa. Retrieved December 30, 2008. 
  3. ^ "(2606) Odessa". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=2606. Retrieved 30 December 2008. 
  4. ^ Oliver et al. (2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2008 March". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 149–150. Bibcode 2008MPBu...35..149O. 
  5. ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0.. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/astermag.html. Retrieved December 30, 2008. 
  6. ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 213. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. http://books.google.com/?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA213. Retrieved 2008-12-30. 
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