3571 Milanštefánik

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( 3571 ) Milanštefánik is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which on 15 March 1982 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos on Kleť Observatory (IAU code 046) was discovered in Český Krumlov. In the observation of 15 March 1982, the asteroid was in the constellation cup. An unconfirmed sighting of the asteroid (1976 NL), there had been already on 1 July 1976 in Nautschnyj the Crimean Observatory.

( 3571 ) Milanštefánik part of the Hilda group, that is, it moves in an orbital resonance of 3:2 with the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Namesake of this group is the asteroid (153 ) Hilda.

The asteroid has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.0424 (± 0.008) and a mean diameter of 38.88 ( ± 3.2 ) km.

He was named after the Slovak politician, astronomer, diplomats, officers, French military pilots, general and one of the three founding fathers of the First Czechoslovak Republic Milan Rastislav Stefanik on 7 November 1995. The text naming honors him as astronomers and meteorologists.

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