(17579) Lewkopelew Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 1994 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Lew Kopelew (b. 1912), a Russian scientist and author of autobiographic texts, biographies, prose and essays, was persecuted as a critic of the Soviet regime and expatriated. Living in Germany since 1981, he received the Peace Prize of the Association of the German Book Trade.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lewkopelew is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lewkopelew is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17579 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 TQ16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 7.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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