3628 Božněmcová
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Z. Vávrová |
| Discovery site | Kleť Observatory |
| Discovery date | 25 November 1979 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3628 Boznemcova |
Named after | Božena Němcová |
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1979 WD · 1930 MQ 1962 JP · 1975 XT4 1978 JX · 1979 YB10 1985 CQ2 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 85.24 yr (31,134 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2976 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7789 AU |
| 2.5383 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2991 |
| 4.04 yr (1477.1 days) | |
| 339.52° | |
| Inclination | 6.8872° |
| 156.73° | |
| 187.83° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.7716 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7 km |
| 3.335410 h | |
| O-type asteroid (SMASSII) | |
| 12.7 mag | |
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3628 Božněmcová, provisionally known as 1979 WD, is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1,477 days (4.04 years).[1] The asteroid was discovered at the Czech Kleť Observatory on November 25, 1979 and named in memory of Božena Němcová (1820–1862), a Czech writer, author of the well-known book The Grandma.[2]
3628 Boznemcová is the best known asteroid of the rare group of O-type asteroids. Its spectra best fits those of the L6 and LL6 ordinary chondrite-type meteorites.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3628 Boznemcova (1979 WD)" (2015-09-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Minor Planet – (3628) Božněmcová". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 305. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ S. J. Bus and R. P. Binzel, Phase II of the Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopy Survey: A feature-based taxonomy, Icarus, Vol. 158, pp. 146 (2002).
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