7796 Járacimrman
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Z. Moravec |
| Discovery site | Kleť Obs. |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 7796 Járacimrman |
|
Named after
|
Jára Cimrman |
| 1996 BG · 1973 YE3 1990 VG |
|
| Main belt (IIa family) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9107 days (24.93 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.0444 AU (455.44 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2880 AU (342.28 Gm) |
| 2.6662 AU (398.86 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14186 |
| 4.35 yr (1590.1 d) | |
|
Average orbital speed
|
18.15 km/s |
| 204.880° | |
| 0° 13m 35.04s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.810° |
| 93.845° | |
| 41.646° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.31899 AU (197.318 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.0915 AU (312.88 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.334 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 12.54 km |
|
Mean radius
|
6.27 ± 0.45 km |
| Mass | 3.1–35?×1014 kg |
|
Mean density
|
2? g/cm³ |
|
Equatorial surface gravity
|
0.0019–0.0042? m/s² |
|
Equatorial escape velocity
|
0.0035–0.0079? km/s |
| 0.0408 ± 0.006 | |
| Temperature | ~186–176 K |
| 13.4 | |
7796 Járacimrman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaːratsɪmr̩man]) is an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It belongs to the IIa family of asteroids. It cannot approach the Earth more closely than 197 million km.
The asteroid was discovered by Zdeněk Moravec at the Kleť Observatory (Czech Republic) on 16 January 1996 and was initially designated 1996 BG. Observations continued until April 1996 and then again between June and July 1997. The asteroid was later determined to be a lost asteroid which had previously been observed twice: at the Brera-Merate Observatory in northern Italy on 12 December 1973 and at Mount Stromlo Observatory (near Canberra, Australia) on 8 and 9 July 1990.
In 1997, the asteroid 7796 Járacimrman's orbit was calculated more precisely by additional observatories and thus it could be numbered as asteroid 7796. This is the 312th recognized (numbered) asteroid discovered at the Kleť Observatory, and Moravec suggested to name it after the fictional Czech genius Jára Cimrman.
The citation accompanying the suggestion said: "Named for Jára Cimrman, a fictitious Czech genius. An analogue to Leonardo da Vinci, he was a playwright, composer, poet, painter, versatile scientist, inventor, polar explorer, sportsman, first man on the moon, etc. Although his name is not mentioned in any encyclopedia, his work is explored at the Jára Cimrman Theatre in Prague. This theatre is headed by the famous cimrmanologists Z. Svěrák and L. Smoljak, who endorsed the name proposal."
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