2862 Vavilov

Vavilov

Discovery
Discovered by	N. Chernykh
Discovery site	Nauchnyj
Discovery date	15 May 1977
Designations
MPC designation	2862
Alternative names	1977 JP
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	85.07 yr (31071 days)
Aphelion	2.4541871 AU (367.14116 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9488055 AU (291.53715 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.201496 AU (329.3391 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1147814
Orbital period	3.27 yr (1193.1 d)
Mean anomaly	12.829933°
Mean motion	0° 18^m 6.25^s / day
Inclination	3.483841°
Longitude of ascending node	225.84315°
Argument of perihelion	278.19506°
Earth MOID	0.964714 AU (144.3192 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.56485 AU (383.696 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.653
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	800 h (33 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.8

2862 Vavilov (1977 JP) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov and his physicist brother Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov.^[2] It potentially takes 800 hours to rotate.

References

1. "2862 Vavilov (1977 JP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.), New York: Springer Verlag, p. 235, ISBN 3540002383

• Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2006) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2862 Vavilov
• 2862 Vavilov at the JPL Small-Body Database
  
  • Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters