14968 Kubáček

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14968 Kubáček
Discovery
Synodic rotation period
4.89±0.01 h[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.210±0.046[4]
S[3]
13.90[4] · 14.0[1][3] · 14.20±0.12[6]

14968 Kubáček, provisional designation 1997 QG, is a stony background asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 23 August 1997, by Slovak astronomers Adrián Galád and Alexander Pravda at Modra Observatory, Slovakia.[7] It was named for Slovak astronomer Dalibor Kubáček.[2]

Orbit and classification

Kubáček orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.3–2.8 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,501 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

Its

Caussols Observatory in February 1987.[7]

Physical characteristics

Rotation period

A rotational

U=3-).[5]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by NASA's space-based

albedo of 0.21,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 4.7 kilometers.[3]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 45339).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 14968 Kubacek (1997 QG)" (2016-06-08 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (14968) Kubacek". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
    . Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    . Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ^ a b "14968 Kubacek (1997 QG)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  8. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

External links

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