Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | L. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 8 October 1969 |
Designations | |
(1956) Artek | |
Named after | Artek (Арте́к) (Young Pioneer camp)[2] |
1969 TX1 · 1975 TA6 | |
main-belt · Themis[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 63.16 yr (23,069 days) |
Aphelion | 3.5304 AU |
Perihelion | 2.8760 AU |
3.2032 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1022 |
5.73 yr (2,094 days) | |
11.877° | |
0° 10m 18.84s / day | |
Inclination | 1.4928° |
153.36° | |
346.60° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 17.97±0.91 km[4] 18.71 km (calculated)[3] 19.92±3.55 km[5] |
9.4±0.2 h[1][6] | |
0.074±0.033[5] 0.08 (assumed)[3] 0.099±0.011[4] | |
C[3] | |
11.90[4] · 11.95[5] · 12.08±0.41[7] · 12.1[1][3] | |
1956 Artek, provisional designation 1969 TX1, is a dark Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1969, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj.[8] It was named after Artek, a Soviet Young Pioneer camp.[2]
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