Asteroid 2578 Saint-Exupery
On November 2nd, 1975 new asteroid was catalogued. It serial number is 2578, and it was named after Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I was unable to find any image of this object, but I will keep looking. Asteroid was found by astronomer T.M.Smirnova, from
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Ukraine.
On this link you can find all the information about its current position in space. As most of the other asteroids it is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Saturn. Pretty close to B-612.
Find asteroind 2578 Saint-Exupery current position in space
I have received this further information about the asteroid from Mr. Vasilij Rumyantsev of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, institution that discovered the asteroid in 1975.
Orbital elements:
(2578) Saint-Exupery
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Williams
M 33.64113 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.18934168 Peri. 338.66175 +0.81732581 -0.55572598
a 3.0035756 Node 56.00758 +0.55162915 +0.67848055
e 0.0915314 Incl. 10.57369 +0.16638450 +0.48045061
P 5.21 H 11.4 G 0.15 U 1
From 86 observations at 9 oppositions, 1952-2002, mean residual 0".82.
Discovery date : 1975 11 02
Discovery site : CrAO, Nauchnyj (www.crao.crimea.ua)
Discoverer(s) : Smirnova, T. M.
E-mail:potocnjak@prodigy.net
Last updated on June 12th, 2002.
