3074 Popov
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | CrAO (Nauchnyj) |
| Discovery date | 24 December 1979 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3074 Popov |
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Named after
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Alexander Stepanovich Popov |
|
1979 YE9 · 1964 TZ 1975 XK1 · 1978 RF14 |
|
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 18788 days (51.44 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5991 AU (388.82 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0798 AU (311.13 Gm) |
| 2.3395 AU (349.98 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11098 |
| 3.58 yr (1307.0 d) | |
| 7.7474° | |
| 0° 16m 31.584s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.4167° |
| 348.71° | |
| 151.47° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.09327 AU (163.551 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.41611 AU (361.445 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.556 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| B (SMASSII) | |
| 13.7 | |
3074 Popov , provisionally known as 1979 YE9, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 24, 1979 by Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Nauchnyj Observatory. It is named after Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov, who is considered to be the inventor of radio in his homeland and eastern European countries. A lunar crater is also named after him.
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