2637 Bobrovnikoff

Bobrovnikoff
Discovery
Discovered by Reinmuth, K.
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 22 September 1919
Designations
MPC designation 2637
A919 SB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 96.48 yr (35241 days)
Aphelion 2.7854041 AU (416.69052 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7267050 AU (258.31139 Gm)
2.256055 AU (337.5010 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.2346351
3.39 yr (1237.7 d)
169.51605°
 17m 27.086s / day
Inclination 4.933722°
356.13873°
343.39000°
Earth MOID 0.716878 AU (107.2434 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.60146 AU (389.173 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.582
Physical characteristics
4.7939 h (0.19975 d)
13.0

    2637 Bobrovnikoff (A919 SB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1919 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg. It is named after Nicholas Theodore Bobrovnikoff (1896-1988) former direction of the Perkins Observatory.[2]

    References

    1. "2637 Bobrovnikoff (A919 SB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Publishing. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

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