18119 Braude
Discovery and designation | |
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Discovered by | Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station |
Discovery date | July 4, 2000 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 18119 |
2000 NZ24 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 2.5363670 |
Perihelion | 2.0069404 |
Eccentricity | 0.1165289 |
1250.5804343 | |
20.13198 | |
Inclination | 0.75158 |
73.05887 | |
325.48088 | |
Physical characteristics | |
15.6 | |
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18119 Braude (2000 NZ24) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 4, 2000 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
Named after Semen Ia. Braude (1911-2003), Ukrainian scientist, radiophysicist and radioastronomer, born in Poltava, Ukraine. He was a founder of decametric radioastronomy in the former USSR and creator of the UTR-2 decametric radio telescope.
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