(2163) Korczak

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( 2163 ) Korczak is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on September 16, 1971 in Nautschnyj (IAU code 095) at the Crimean Observatory. Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid it had previously given several times, including on December 14, 1949 ( 1949 XK ), September 27, 1954 ( 1954 SP1) and 25 November 1960 ( 1960 WR) at the Goethe Link Observatory, Indiana.

The asteroid is part of the Themis family, a group of asteroids, which was named after ( 24) Themis. The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 2163 ) Korczak are almost identical to those of the two smaller, if we start from the absolute brightness of 16.5 and 16.1 compared to 11.6, asteroid ( 329071 ) 2011 BO8 and ( 337 879 ) 2001 WV67.

( 2163 ) Korczak was appointed on 1 April 1980 after the Polish doctor, educator and children's author Janusz Korczak, who perished in 1942 in Treblinka extermination camp.

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