2644 Victor Jara
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2644 Victor Jara, provisional designation 1973 SO2, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet-Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. It was named after Chilean singer and composer Víctor Jara.[1]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 22 September 1973 |
Designations | |
(2644) Victor Jara | |
Named after | Víctor Jara [1] (Chilean singer and composer) |
1973 SO2 · 1979 HD | |
main-belt [1][2] · (inner) background [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 64.04 yr (23,389 d) |
Aphelion | 2.5286 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8116 AU |
2.1701 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1652 |
3.20 yr (1,168 d) | |
10.705° | |
0° 18m 29.88s / day | |
Inclination | 2.6810° |
347.62° | |
309.35° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 5.914±0.223 km[4] |
0.153±0.021[4] | |
13.3[2] | |
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