2696 Magion
2696 Magion, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid and a slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 16 April 1980, by Slovak astronomer Ladislav Brožek at the Kleť Observatory in former Czechoslovakia. The X-type asteroid has an ambiguous rotation period of 480 hours and is possibly a tumbler. It was named for the first Czechoslovak satellite, Magion 1, launched in 1978.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q27664618
slow rotator
UNK
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q960071
Ladislav Brožek
PER
Q1347780
Kleť Observatory
LOC
Q2314759
X-type asteroid
Concept
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q48999017
tumbler
UNK
Q26540
satellite
Concept
None
Magion 1
UNK
Q912725
2696 Magion
CEL
1980-04-16T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
16 April 1980
DATE
1978-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1978
DATE
+2696^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2696
NUMBER
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention