1956 Artek

1956 Artek
Discovery[1]
Discovered byL. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date8 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 arc63.16 yr (23,069 days)
Aphelion3.5304 AU
Perihelion2.8760 AU
3.2032 AU
Eccentricity0.1022
5.73 yr (2,094 days)
11.877°
0° 10m 18.84s / day
Inclination1.4928°
153.36°
346.60°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions17.97±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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