Asteroid (445308) Volov

A celestial tribute to the revolutionary hero

(445308) Volov = 2010 ET20
Discovery
2010-03-07
Plana Observatory, Bulgaria
Discoverer
F. Fratev
Orbit Type
Main Belt
Named After
Panayot Volov
Bulgarian revolutionary (c. 1850–1876)

Real-Time Orbit Visualization

Current position of asteroid Volov in the Solar System
Sun
Earth
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(445308) Volov
Main Belt region

Citation

Panayot Volov (c. 1850–1876) was a Bulgarian revolutionary who organized uprisings against the Ottoman Empire. Following a failed uprising in 1875, he was an organizer of the Gyurgevo Revolutionary Committee that initiated the Bulgarian April Uprising in 1876. Also unsuccessful, it did lead to re-establishment of Bulgaria as a separate country in 1878. Ref: WGSBN Bull. 1, #10, 8

Orbital Elements

Keplerian orbital parameters for (445308) Volov
Semi-major axis (a)2.3476 AU
Eccentricity (e)0.09179
Inclination (i)6.4438°
Orbital Period3.597 years
Longitude of Ascending Node (Ω)168.377°
Argument of Perihelion (ω)304.635°
Mean Anomaly (M)179.472°
Epoch2461000.5 JD

Data source: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database. Orbital elements are approximate and used for visualization.

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