2004 Lexell

2004 Lexell
Discovery[1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date22 September 1973
Designations
(2004) Lexell
Named after
Anders Johan Lexell
(Swedish-Russian astronomer)[2]
1973 SV2 · 1938 WL
1941 SN1 · 1959 GC
1972 HK
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc78.55 yr (28,689 days)
Aphelion2.3451 AU
Perihelion1.9986 AU
2.1718 AU
Eccentricity0.0798
3.20 yr (1,169 days)
215.94°
0° 18m 28.44s / day
Inclination2.4967°
4.5440°
58.504°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.255±0.216 km[4]
7.456±0.084 km[5]
7.82 km (calculated)[3]
14.7 km[6]
5.44±0.02 h[7]
5.441±0.002 h[8]
5.4429±0.0003 h[6]
0.056[6]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.2908±0.0522[5]
0.306±0.041[4]
LS[9] · S[3]
12.6[5] · 12.7[1][3] · 12.908±0.064[6] · 13.04±0.00[9]

2004 Lexell, provisional designation 1973 SV2, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula, and later named for Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician Anders Johan Lexell.[2][10]

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