2807 Karl Marx
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2807 Karl Marx, provisional designation 1969 TH6, is a carbonaceous Dorian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 October 1969, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula.[3] The asteroid was later named for the German philosopher Karl Marx.[2]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | L. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 15 October 1969 |
Designations | |
(2807) Karl Marx | |
Named after | Karl Marx (revolutionary socialist)[2] |
1969 TH6 · 1952 BD1 1974 XF · 1976 GD3 A924 BE | |
main-belt [3] · (middle) Dora [4] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 93.16 yr (34,025 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2969 AU |
Perihelion | 2.2938 AU |
2.7953 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1794 |
4.67 yr (1,707 days) | |
13.095° | |
0° 12m 39.24s / day | |
Inclination | 7.8785° |
28.449° | |
92.475° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 16.866±0.144 km[5] |
0.057±0.012[5] | |
SMASS = C [1] | |
12.7[1] | |
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